The impact of rising levels of various heavy metals in the environment from multiple industrial, agriculture, domestic, and technological activities is of great concerns, as heavy metals cause serious health effects for both humans and wildlife. An effective and green chemistry procedure was used for simultaneous extraction of ultra-trace copper and nickel ions in natural waters (. river and well waters) by air assisted liquid-liquid microextraction combined with solidified floating organic drop microextraction (AALLMESFOD). The extraction of metal ions was conducted in a timescale of several minutes by conversion to metal chelates using sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) as a chelating agent prior to AALLME-SFOD procedure, and 1-dodecanol as an extraction solvent to initiate the phase separation of the complex. |
