Comparative analysis of methods for the determination of chromium, vanadium, copper, nickel, and manganese in steel and cast iron by flame atomic absorption spectrometry

A comparative analysis of the methods used for determination of a number of elements in steels and cast irons by atomic absorption spectroscopy with flame atomization have been carried out (vanadium by COST 12351-2003, GOST 22536.12-88, GOST 2604.7-84; chromium by GOST 12350-78, GOST 22536.7-88, GOST 2604.6-77; copper by GOST 22536.8-87, GOST 12355-78, GOST 2604.9-83, GOST 4943-2010; manganese by GOST 12348-78, GOST 22536.5-87, GOST 2604. 5-84; nickel by GOST 12352 - 81, GOST 22536.9-88, GOST 2604.8-77, GOST 4940-2010; in alloyed and unalloyed steels and alloyed and unalloyed cast irons). Analysis of the data obtained revealed the possibility of combining the considered Russian national standards into universal multi-element methods for the materials under study. The developed methods have been then certified in the analytical laboratory of the testing center of the Institute for certified reference materials (ICRM). The proposed methods provide an extension of the range of determined concentrations under optimal conditions of analysis. Comparison of the developed methods for the determination of vanadium, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel in steels and cast irons with international standards ASTM E350-18, ASTM E351-18, ASTM E352-18 have been carried out. 

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