Simultaneous determination of inorganic arsenic, antimony, selenium and tellurium by ICP-MS in environmental waters using SPE preconcentration on modified silica
- 12 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 91 (11), 1077-1087
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03067311003782666
Abstract
This paper deals with a simplified multi-element profiling of inorganic arsenic, antimony, selenium and tellurium in the form of 75As, 82Se, 121Sb and 125Te by ICP-MS for amounts less than 10 µg L−1. Internal standards such as 72Ge and 209Bi were successfully used for the suppression of both influence of macro elements Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ or Al3+, and interference of limited concentrations of heavy metal ions. Modified silica sorbents Separon™ SGX C18, C8, CN, NH2, RPS and Phenyl were tested for the preconcentration of As, Sb, Se and Te (0.25–5 µg L−1) in the form of ion associates with cationic surfactants from 50–250 mL sample volume. 1-etoxycarbonyl-pentadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (Septonex®, 0.005 mol L−1) was suitable for this purpose in the presence of 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol, 2-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate and 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulphonic acid. The quantitative retention occurred at pH 7 ± 0.2 and the mixture of acetone with ethanol in ratio 1 : 1 in the presence of 0.1 mol L−1 HCl was used for the quantitative elution. Organic solvents and the excess of acid were removed by evaporation prior to the determination by ICP-MS. The determination of the above trace metalloids in various kinds of water with enrichment factor till 50 times on silica Separon™ SGX C18 and the above reagents were compared with the standard addition method.Keywords
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