Abstract： The antimony slab and antimonous oxide samples were dissolved by sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid, respectively. The Sb3+ in solution was precipitated with sodium hydroxide to separate trace arsenic from matrix antimony. The thiourea-ascorbic acid was added to reduce As5+ to As3+. Then, the arsenic in antimony slab and antimonous oxide was determined by atomic fluorescence spectrometry. The hydride generation conditions were investigated: the concentration of reducing agent potassium borohydride was 25 g/L, the determination medium was 20% (V/V) hydrochloric acid, and the dosage of thiourea - ascorbic acid solution was 5 mL. The interference test of coexisting elements showed that, the interference of residual antimony in solution after precipitation could be fully eliminated by adding 1 mL of tartaric acid solution. Other impurity elements in sample did not interfere with the determination of arsenic after adding thiourea-ascorbic acid solution. The detection limit of method was 0.156 ng/mL. The antimony slab and antimonous oxide samples were analyzed by the proposed method, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was 0.95%-1.2%. The determination results were consistent with those obtained by national standard methods.
