Radioanalytical Determination of Arsenic(III) and (V) in Natural Waters

Starv, J.; Zeman, A.; Kratzer, K.; Prasllova, J.

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“…The disadvantages of cryogenic trap HGAAS are (1) separate runs are required to determine As(III) and As(III + V) and (2) the technique is too time-consuming for routine analysis. Other techniques for separating As(III) and As(V) in environmental samples include solvent extraction coupled with an element-specific detector ( − ), colorimetry (), ion chromatography−colorimetry ( , ), suppressed ion chromatography (), voltammetry (), and selective HGAAS using an oxalate buffer (). These techniques also suffer from one or more disadvantages such as the need for organic solvents, time-consuming sample preparation, determining the As(V) species by difference between separate analyses, or a lack of sensitivity.…”

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Speciation of Arsenic(III) and Arsenic(V) in Sediment Extracts by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography−Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Manning

Martens

1996

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Determining the redox states of arsenic (As) in environmental samples is important due to the pronounced differences in toxicity and mobility of the various forms. We have combined the separation capabilities of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with the sensitivity and element specificity of hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) to determine arsenite [As(III)] and arsenate [As(V)], which have been shown to be the most toxic and prevalent forms of As in soil and water. The HPLC-HGAAS technique gave retention times of 2.2 and 4.2 min for As(III) and As(V), respectively. Detection limits of 200 pg of As (0.8 µg L -1 As in solution) were obtained for both As(III) and As(V). The technique was used to determine As(III) and As(V) in deionized water and 1 mM PO 4 sequential extracts of estuarine sediment, coal fly ash, and saline evaporation pond sediment. Coal fly ash contained no detectable deionized water-extractable As(III) or As(V), but contained appreciable PO 4 -extractable As(V). The As(III) species was detected in all extracts of estuarine sediment, though 1 mM PO 4 released primarily As(V). Evaporation pond sediment also contained primarily PO 4extractable As(V).

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