Parameters            p-CLA       TCNQ           QUIZ           ARS
Wavelengths λmax (nm) 532 840 554 534
Beer’s law limits (µg mL-1) 10-140 3.0-30 2.0-20 1.0-10
Molar absorptivity ε, (L/mol-1 cm-1) x 104 0.7287 1.045 1.286 2.0076
Sandell,s sensitivity (ng cm-2) 39.43 274. 9 22.35 14.31
Regression equation a        
Slope (b) 0.0035 0.0267 0.0394 0.0679
Intercept (a) 0.0027 - 0.0098 - 0.0039 0.0041
Correlation coefficient (r) 0.9996 0.9991 0.9997 0.9998
Mean recovery % ± SD 100.64 ± 0.61 99.90 ± 1.01 99.66 ± 0.574 99.61 ± 0.892
RSD% 0.614 1.01 0.576 0.895
RE% 0.644 1.06 0.605 0.94
LOD, (µg  mL-1) b 1.97 0.494 0.285 0.186
LOQ, (µg  mL-1) b 6.57 1.65 0.95 0.619
Calculated t-value c 1.72 0.11 0.78 0.71
Calculated F-value c 1.10 2.49 1.24 1.94
aA = a + bC, where C is the concentration in μg mL-1, A is the absorbance units, a is the intercept, b is the slope.
bLOD, limit of detection; LOQ, limit of quantification; ε, molar absorptivity.
cThe theoretical values of t and F are 2.57 and 5.05, respectively at confidence limit at 95% confidence level and five degrees of freedom (p= 0.05).
Table 1: Statistical analysis for determination of ZMT by the proposed methods.
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