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    • Abbreviated Title Int. J. Eng. Technol.
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IJET 2023 Vol.15(1): 17-21 ISSN: 1793-8236
DOI: 10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1212

Rapid and Reliable Detection of Lithium in Water Sources Using Surface Enhanced Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (SENLIBS) on Aluminium Substrate

Tugba Tezcan, Banu Sezer, Ugur Tamer, and Ismail Hakki Boyaci*

Abstract—Lithium is one of the most important materials in re-chargeable battery as well as pharmaceutical and automotive industry. Due to the increasing demand for lithium for industrial production and daily usage, the reliable detection and recovery of lithium, a non-renewable metal, from water resources is an essential requirement. In this work, we performed lithium detection using surface enhanced laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on aluminium (Al) substrate for three different matrices, sea, river and municipal water. We also examined the matrix effect on sensitivity of lithium detection. Lithium spiked samples in different concentration (0- 100 ppm) was dried on an Al surface. The specific emission line of Li 670 nm was used for quantitative analysis. The intensity of Li was obtained about 15 times on Al substrate better than microscope glass. The limit of detection (LOD) value achieved to 0.138 ppm. No significant matrix effect was observed in the different water sources. Good reliability was obtained for intra and inter-day precision methods with RSD is <3.7% and<7.3% respectively in all water samples. Total analysis time including sample preparation is approximately in 1 min. We demonstrated that SENLIBS method provides rapid, high accuracy and repeatability of sensitive Li detection in different water sources.

Index Terms—Aluminium, lithium, SENLIBS, sensor, water sources

Tugba Tezcan is with Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Division, Institute of Science, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.
Banu Sezer and Ismail Hakki BOYACİ are with Department of Food Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, 06800, Ankara Turkey.
Ugur Tamer is with the Analytical Chemistry Division, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Etiler 06330, Ankara, Turkey.
*Correspondence: ihb@hacettepe.edu.tr

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Cite: Tugba Tezcan, Banu Sezer, Ugur Tamer, and Ismail Hakki Boyaci, "Rapid and Reliable Detection of Lithium in Water Sources Using Surface Enhanced Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (SENLIBS) on Aluminium Substrate," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 17-21, 2023.

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