Determination of Selenium in Marine Aquatic Products by Hydride Generation-atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (HG-AFS)

A method for the analysis of selenium in marine aquatic products by HG-AFS has been investigated. The methodis based on the reduction of inorganic selenium to volatile SeH2 which is bubbled out by carrier gas of pure argon, and thenswept to Ar-H2 flame quarts atomizer to measure its fluorescence intensity. The hydride generation, transportation, atom-ization and some instrumental parameters were studied by a kind of orthogonal design. The optimum conditions selected areas follows: reactive acidity, 20% HCl; the amount of NaBH4, 4.9mL; gas flow of argon, 600mLmin-1; atomizing tempera-ture, 200 °C; negative high voltage, -300V; light current, 100 mA; integral time, 7s. The detection limit of the presentedmethod is 0.072 μg L-1 for selenium. The calibration curve shows a satisfactory line in the concentration range from 0.000 to1.000 μg L-1 Se. The recovery is 95.8%-102.2% .