All of the reagents used were of analytical grade. Furthermore, acids were purified by sub-boiling distillation in a quartz apparatus. An 18 MΩ cm -1 deionized water-purification system (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA) was used in all experiments. The stock aqueous solution of sulfur (1000 mg/L) was prepared by dissolving thiourea, sodium sulfate and potassium sulfate supplied from Merck in deionized water. A working solution of sulfur was also prepared from the above-mentioned stock solution by necessary dilution.
Three apricot samples (yellow apricot sample-chemically dried; brown apricot sample-chemically dried; and apricot sample-dried under sun shine) were supplied from Malatya, Turkey. This province leads apricot production, and exports apricots worldwide. One grape sample chemically dried was supplied from Manisa, Turkey. Manisa is the second-biggest grape producer city worldwide. The samples were exposed to SO2 gas for drying. SO2 gas was obtained by the burning of elemental sulfur.
Pd(NO3)2 (Sigma-Aldrich),
Mg(NO3)2 (Merck, Germany), Ca(NO3)2 (Riedel-de-Haen, Switzerland), (NH4)3PO4 (Merck, Germany) and,
Pd(NO3)2 +
Mg(NO3)2, prepared in HNO3, were investigated at 5% (v/v) concentration to determine the best modifier.
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