The purpose of this research project is to determine the suitability of polyacrylamide as a custom calibration material for radio-analytical methods. To be suitable, a solid with very accurately known analyte concentrations is needed. Acrylamide can be polymerized from aqueous solution with the incorporation of a variety of metal and non-metal analytes. To investigate the metal content, cross-linked polyacrylamide was synthesized with metal analyte. The resulting solid was digested using concentrated nitric acid and then analyzed by ICP-OES to verify the metal content. Preliminary results indicate the analyte is incorporated in to the polymer but recovery after digestion is not yet quantitative.

Analysis of polyacrylamide as a calibration material

251st National Meeting (2016)

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