Arsenic speciation in natural water samples by coprecipitation-hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry combination

• Published in: Talanta (Oxford) Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 52 - 56
• Main Authors: Tuzen, Mustafa, Çıtak, Demirhan, Mendil, Durali, Soylak, Mustafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15-04-2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Applied sciences; Arsenic; Arsenic - analysis; Arsenic - chemistry; Chemical Precipitation; Chemistry; Coprecipitation; Exact sciences and technology; Global environmental pollution; Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Pollution; Preconcentration; Speciation; Spectrometric and optical methods; Spectrophotometry, Atomic - methods; Water - chemistry; Water Supply - analysis; Preconcentration; Arsenic; Speciation; Coprecipitation; Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Drinking water; Aluminium; Alkaline earth metal; Certified reference material; Chemical enrichment; Alkaline earth metal ion; Arsenic V; Hydridation; Soils; Precipitation; Detection limit; Reference material; Arsenic III; Environment; Oxidation; Atomic absorption spectrometry
• ISSN: 0039-9140; 1873-3573
• DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2008.10.035

A speciation procedure for As(III) and As(V) ions in environmental samples has been presented. As(V) was quantitatively recovered on aluminum hydroxide precipitate. After oxidation of As(III) by using dilute KMnO
4, the developed coprecipitation was applied to determination of total arsenic. Arsenic(III) was calculated as the difference between the total arsenic content and As(V) content. The determination of arsenic levels was performed by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS). The analytical conditions for the quantitative recoveries of As(V) including pH, amount of aluminum as carrier element and sample volume, etc. on the presented coprecipitation system were investigated. The effects of some alkaline, earth alkaline, metal ions and also some anions were also examined. Preconcentration factor was calculated as 25. The detection limits (LOD) based on three times sigma of the blank (
N: 21) for As(V) was 0.012
μg
L
−1. The satisfactory results for the analysis of arsenic in NIST SRM 2711 Montana soil and LGC 6010 Hard drinking water certified reference materials for the validation of the method was obtained. The presented procedure was successfully applied to real samples including natural waters for arsenic speciation.