Abstract
A postcolumn fluorometric derivatization method for the determination of trace amounts of ammonium ion (μg/L level) under matrices with high concentrations of sodium and amino acids has been developed. In this method, ammonium ion was determined by ion chromatography combined with fluorometric detection (IC-FL) in less than 16 min. IC was performed in a high-capacity cation-exchange Dionex IonPac CS16 analytical column (250 mm × 5 mm) under isocratic conditions with 30 mM methanesulfonic acid (MSA) as mobile phase at flow-rate 1.0 mL/min. To remove amino acid interference, the postcolumn derivatization based on the reaction of ammonia with o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) and sulfite was applied. The excitation and emission wavelengths were 364 and 425 nm, respectively. The effects of pH, reaction temperature and time, OPA-reagent composition and concentration, and sample matrix were studied. The linear range and detection limit of this method were similar to the standard method. The IC-FL method with a postcolumn fluorometric derivatization allows the routine determination of ammonium ion in extreme matrices where the ratios of sodium and amino acids to ammonium are up to 2 800 000:1 and 28 000:1, respectively.
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