Capillary electrophoretic determination of ferric dimethyldithiocarbamate as iron(III) chelate of EDTA.

A simple and sensitive capillary electrophoretic method with UV detection has been developed for the determination of Ferbam (ferric dimethyldithiocarbamate) in boric acid buffer after its acidic decomposition and complexation with EDTA as Fe-EDTA- complex. The determination is dependent on the pH and the nature of the buffer solutions. In this method the detection limit (S/N = 3) is 1.8 x 10(-6) mol/L (0.7 mg/kg) of Ferbam. The relative standard deviation for the analysis of 50 microg/ml was found to be 2.9%. The method was successfully applied for the analysis of wheat grain samples spiked with Ferbam. The applicability of capillary electrophoresis as a useful tool for the analysis of Ferbam is demonstrated.