Research Article

A Highly Sensitive Multicommuted Flow Analysis Procedure for Photometric Determination of Molybdenum in Plant Materials without a Solvent Extraction Step

Table 1

Sequence of events related to an analytical run.

StepEventRotationTime (s)

1Filling reagent channelL100104
2Washing analytical pathR0100118
3Photometer calibrationS00000—
4Filling sample channelL101005
5Filling syringe with carrier fluidL0100118
6Washing sample channelR1010018
7Sampling stepL1011010
8Signals reading stepR01001—

The L, R, and S in the rotation column = motor rotation direction for left, right, and stop, respectively. , , V1, V2, V3 = solenoid valves. Numbers 0 and 1 indicated that related valve was switched off or on, respectively. The numbers in the last column at right are the selected time intervals.