Simultaneous determination of phosphorus and boron in fertilizers was performed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES). Three different samples were analyzed, of which two were inorganic and one was of organic composition. Analysis of the samples was performed after heated acidic digestion to completely dissolve them, using two different acid mixtures. A solution of HCl + HNO 3 was used to digest the inorganic fertilizers, and a solution of H 2 SO 4 + HNO 3 for the organic fertilizer. The spectral emission lines used were 213.617 nm and 214.917 nm for P and 249.772 nm, 249.677 nm and 208.957 nm for B. The detection and quantification limits for P were between 10-20 mg/kg and 40-80 mg/kg respectively, while for B they ranged between 10-30 mg/kg and 40-100 mg/kg respectively. The repeatability of the technique was found to be within the range 0.9-17.0% for P and 1.7-23.4% for B, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD). The concentrations found by the proposed method are in good agreement with those reported on their package labels.
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