APPLICATION NOTE

EGGS-1 – NRC

SUMMARY

The application note summarizes the digestion of EGGS-1, an egg powder Reference Material using ColdBlock Digestion Pro Series Technology.

Instrument:

ColdBlock CBM sample digester, chiller, Quartz vessels, ICP-MS & ICP-OES

Published:

March 2023

Digestion Time:20 Minutes
Acid Used:HNO3 & H2O2
Average ColdBlock Recovery vs. CRM:
  • 107% Chromium
  • 113% Lead
  • 101% Selenium

METHODOLOGY

  1. Chiller temperature was set to -5°C
  2. 0.5g of each sample was weighed and placed into a ColdBlock Digestion vessel
  3. 15 mL of Nitric acid was added
  4. Sample was digested at 70% power for 15 minutes
  5. 2mL of 30% v/vHydrogen Peroxide was added
  6. Samples were digested again at 70% power for 5 minutes
  7. Samples were cooled and bulked to 40mL using 2% HNO3 + 5% HCl v/v

DISCUSSION

  • The samples were slightly opaque at the end of the digestion and some of the lipid component remains in solution

Figure 1 EGGS-1 after bulk up

EGGS-1 is a reference material prepared from Canada Grade A dried whole egg powder.

EGGS-1, National Research Council Canada, Measurement Science and Standards, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, September, 2015

Results

NRC – EGGS-1

Method:

0.5g

15mL HNO3 – Digest at 70% power for 15 minutes, add 2mL H2O2 and digest again at 70% power for 5 minutes

 

Element

Reference Values (ppm)

 

+/–

95% Confidence Limits

 

Sample A

 

Sample B

 

Sample C

 

Average (ppm)

 

Stdev

 

% RSD

 

%

Recovery

Low

High

Al

540

86

454

626

580

516

553

549

26

4.8%

102%

Ca

2480

190

2290

2670

2699

2227

2376

2434

197

8.1%

98%

Cr

0.37

0.18

0.19

0.55

0.43

0.42

0.34

0.4

0.04

10.2%

107%

Co

0.012

0.005

0.007

0.017

0.013

0.013

0.015

0.014

0.001

6.9%

114%

Cu

2.7

0.35

2.35

3.05

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.8

0.02

0.6%

102%

Fe

112

16

96

128

115

108

110

111

3

2.8%

99%

Pb

0.061

0.012

0.049

0.073

0.064

0.074

0.069

0.07

0.004

5.9%

113%

Mg

305

27

278

332

309

303

307

306

3

0.9%

100%

Mn

1.78

0.38

1.4

2.16

2.07

2.01

1.75

1.943

0.14

7.1%

109%

Mo

0.247

0.023

0.224

0.27

0.239

0.295

0.249

0.261

0.024

9.3%

106%

P

10001

320

9681

10321

9734

9419

10079

9744

270

2.8%

97%

K

3190

370

2820

3560

3359

3099

3292

3250

110

3.4%

102%

Se

1.39

0.17

1.22

1.56

1.38

1.33

1.50

1.4

0.07

5.1%

101%

Na

3770

340

3430

4110

3867

3810

4065

3914.0

109

2.8%

104%

Sr

5.63

0.46

5.17

6.09

5.08

5.36

6.08

5.5

0.42

7.6%

98%

V

0.459

0.081

0.378

0.54

0.524

0.516

0.513

0.5

0.005

0.9%

113%

Zn

67.5

7.6

59.9

75.1

64.0

66.4

69.7

66.7

2.3

3.5%

99%

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