On-line electrolytic dissolution for soluble aluminium determination in high-silicon steel/electrical sheet by ED-FIA-ICP-OES

Abstract Soluble aluminium (Al(sl)) in high silicon alloys is determined by electrolytic dissolution flow injection analysis (ED-FIA) and inductive coupled plasma with optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Skipping the time consuming sample preparation known from acid hydrolysis reduces the required time per determination from 15 to 4 min. A new calculation procedure is used to compensate the discrepancy in matters of dissolution between acid hydrolysis and electrolytic dissolution. Samples with a known silicon content (2,5 and 3,1 wt%) are used to determine the differences of dissolved material and to calculate a correction factor. In a working range of 200–350 ppm aluminium in high silicon steel, there is a standard deviation of 7 ppm for a measurement series of 19 samples (max deviation 19 ppm).