Please cite this article as: Nikolay Kovachev, MiguelÁngel Aguirre, Montserrat Hidalgo, Kiril Simitchiev, Violeta Stefanova, Veselin Kmetov, Antonio Canals, Elemental speciation by capillary electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma spectrometry: A new approach by flow focusing nebulization, Microchemical Journal (2014Journal ( ), doi: 10.1016Journal ( /j.microc.2014 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. nebulizer as aerosol generation unit is presented, aiming to provide high signal sensitivity and low detection limits for element speciation at short analysis times. To prove its viability, the system prototype constructed has been coupled to an inductively coupled plasma -optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) and an inductively coupled plasma -mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for Cr(III) and Cr(VI) speciation. Separationnebulization system and operation parameters (i.e., capillary length, nebulizer geometry, carrier flow, carrier ionic strength, separation potential and sample injection volume) have been considered and studied, and the analytical figures of merit obtained for model samples in ICP-MS are presented. The results obtained show that the developed instrumental system permits Cr speciation in less than two minutes with detection limits of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.03 µg/L for Cr(III), Cr(VI) and total Cr, respectively.
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