MA Shufeng, LI Yahua, ZHANG Cuimin
With the development of new technologies,some novel ferroboron alloys with different properties are developed.The contents of different elements in ferroboron determines the properties of alloys.At present,the alkali melting method or acid dissolution slag method is usually used for pretreatment of ferroboron sample before detection of elements.Although the sample can be dissolved completely and the simultaneous determination can be achieved,these methods are cumbersome if some elements are determined separately.Therefore,it is very important to choose the appropriate decomposition method for different elements in consideration of the perspective of economy and time cost.In this study,the certified reference materials(CRM) of ferroboron were digested using various decomposition methods including direct acid dissolution method(nitric acid+hydrofluoric acid+perchloric acid),microwave digestion method,acid dissolution slag method and alkali melting method.Then, the contents of chromium,nickel,vanadium,copper,titanium,manganese,aluminum and phosphorus in the digestion solution using different decomposition methods were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry(ICP-AES).The results showed that there were few black insoluble matters in the solution when the direct acid dissolution and microwave digestion were used,but the accurate determination of chromium,nickel,vanadium,copper,titanium and manganese was not affected.However,the determination results of aluminum and phosphorus were relatively lower than the certified values or standard values,especially for phosphorus.It indicated that the degree of dissolution of the sample had significant influence on the accurate determination of aluminum and phosphorus.Therefore,for the determination of chromium,nickel,vanadium,copper,titanium and manganese,the four dissolution methods above were all acceptable.However,for the determination of aluminum and phosphorus,the sample must be completely dissolved using acid dissolution slag method and alkali melting method to obtain accurate results.