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HERO ID
157585
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
TiO2 in commercial sunscreen lotion: Flow field-flow fractionation and ICP-AES together for size analysis
Author(s)
Contado, C; Pagnoni, A
Year
2008
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN:
0003-2700
EISSN:
1520-6882
Volume
80
Issue
19
Page Numbers
7594-608
Language
English
PMID
18771237
DOI
10.1021/ac8012626
Web of Science Id
WOS:000259603100058
Abstract
A new method for determining the size of titanium dioxide particles is proposed and assayed in a commercial sunscreen product. Today many sun protection cosmetics incorporate physical UV filters as active ingredients, and there are no official methods for determining these compounds in sunscreen cosmetics. Here flow field-flow fractionation (FlFFF) has been tested, first to sort two different types of TiO2 nano- and microstandard materials (AeroxideTiO2 Degussa P-25 and TiO2 rutile 0.1−0.2-μm size) and then to fractionate TiO2 particles, extracted from a commercial sunscreen lotion. All the TiO2 FlFFF separations were detected by UV but during elution fractions were collected and their Ti content measured by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES); the Ti concentration profiles obtained by ICP-AES were well correlated with the UV signals. The TiO2 particle mass-size distribution were calculated from the UV profiles. This methodology is relatively simple and rapid, and the sample treatment is as a whole easy and low cost.
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