Determination of Arsenic(III) and Total Arsenic(III,V) in Water Samples by Resin Suspension Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

A preconcentration method of arsenic(III) using ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC) and a finely divided anion-exchange resin is described for the determination by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). The method is based on the extraction of the As(III)-APDC complex on the...

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Published in:Analytical Sciences 1999, Vol.15(9), pp.829-834
Main Authors: ANEZAKI, Katsunori, NUKATSUKA, Isoshi, OHZEKI, Kunio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Ammonium
Analysis methods
Analytical chemistry
Applied sciences
Arsenic
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Chemical analysis
Chemistry
Drinking water
Exact sciences and technology
Filtrate
Hot springs
Natural water pollution
Nickel
Nitric acid
Pollution
Seawater
Sodium
Spectral analysis
Spectrometric and optical methods
Spectrometry
Spring water
Water analysis
Water sampling
Water treatment and pollution
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Summary:A preconcentration method of arsenic(III) using ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (APDC) and a finely divided anion-exchange resin is described for the determination by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). The method is based on the extraction of the As(III)-APDC complex on the resin phase at pH 1.2, separation of the resin particles by filtration, dispersion of them in 1.0 ml of 0.1 mol l-1 nitric acid containing 50 µg of nickel(II), and introduction of the suspension to a graphite furnace. The detection limit of arsenic in a 150-ml sample aliquot was 1.0 ng (6.7 ppt), based on three times the standard deviation of the blank. Total inorganic arsenic(III,V) was extracted similarly after the reduction of As(V) to As(III) with sodium thiosulfate. The interfering ions, such as Cu(II), Pb(II) and Sn(II), could be removed by extraction as the respective APDC complexes at pH 5, where neither As(III) nor As(V) were extracted. Arsenic(III) and total As(III,V) in the filtrate were then extracted at pH 1.2 in the absence or presence of sodium thiosulfate, respectively. The proposed method was applied to the determination of As(III) and total inorganic As(III,V) in hot spring water, seawater, river and tap water samples.
ISSN:0910-6340
1348-2246
DOI:10.2116/analsci.15.829