Determination of trace amounts of urea by using flow injection with chemiluminescence detection

Reaction between urea and hypobromite in alkaline solution was found to produce chemiluminescence with a maximum wavelength at 510 nm. A simple chemiluminescence detection method was used for the determination of urea in human urine and natural aqueous samples, which combined this chemiluminescence...

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Published in:Analyst (London) 1994-08, Vol.119 (8), p.1829-1833
Main Authors: Hu, X, Takenaka, N, Kitano, M, Bandow, H, Maeda, Y, Hattori, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Flow Injection Analysis
Luminescent Measurements
Urea - analysis
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Summary:Reaction between urea and hypobromite in alkaline solution was found to produce chemiluminescence with a maximum wavelength at 510 nm. A simple chemiluminescence detection method was used for the determination of urea in human urine and natural aqueous samples, which combined this chemiluminescence reaction with a flow injection analysis system. The relative standard deviation for 5 x 10(-7) mol dm-3 urea is 1.9% (n = 6), and the detection limit is 9.0 x 10(-8) mol dm-3 (3Sr). As this chemiluminescence reaction is very fast, a double concentric tube mixer connected directly to the chemiluminescence cell was used to mix urea solution and hypobromite solution. Alkylamines, carboxylic acids and most amino acids do not interfere in the determination. Ammonium ion interferes, but the sensitivity for ammonium ion is only 1% of that for urea. The interference from ammonium ion was removed sufficiently by using an on-line cation-exchange column.
ISSN:0003-2654
1364-5528
DOI:10.1039/AN9941901829