Abstract
The on-line column pre-concentration technique with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been developed using micro-column of 8-quinolinole-immobilized fluorinated metal alkoxide glass (MAF-8HQ). The aim of method was to determine rare earth elements (REEs) (Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) in seawater. A 6.4 ml of seawater sample was passed through the column for 2 min, after washing the column with ultrapure water, the adsorbed REEs were subsequently eluted into the plasma with 1.4 M nitric acid. Sample pH, sampling and eluting flow rates and acidity of eluent were optimized. Detection limits (3 σ) based on three times standard deviations of water by 8 replicates were in the range from 0.11 pg ml −1 for Y to 0.30 pg ml −1 for Tb, and the precisions by a 10 pg ml −1 REEs standard solution ( n=8) were in the range from 4.7% for Tm to 8.7% for Tb and Yb. Analysis of one sample could be processed in 7 min. The proposed method was verified by determination of REEs in the two certified reference materials (CRMs) of seawater, CASS-4 and NASS-5, and the method was also applied to determine REEs in the costal seawater of Hiroshima Bay, the Seto Inland Sea, Japan.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.