Marine Science Faculty Publications
Flow Injection Analysis of Trace Chromium (VI) in Drinking Water with a Liquid Waveguide Capillary Cell and Spectrophotometric Detection
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
Liquid waveguide capillary cell, Flow injection analysis, Nanomolar detection limit, Chromium (VI), Drinking water, Spectrophotometry
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3381-2
Abstract
Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is an acknowledged hazardous material in drinking waters. As such, effective monitoring and assessment of the risks posed by Cr(VI) are important analytical objectives for both human health and environmental science. However, because of the lack of highly sensitive, rapid, and simple procedures, a relatively limited number of studies have been carried out in this field. Here we report a simple and sensitive analytical procedure of flow injection analysis (FIA) for sub-nanomolar Cr(VI) in drinking water samples with a liquid core waveguide capillary cell (LWCC). The procedure is based on a highly selective reaction between 1, 5-diphenylcarbazide and Cr(VI) under acidic conditions. The optimized experimental parameters included reagent concentrations, injection volume, length of mixing coil, and flow rate. Measurements at 540 nm, and a 650-nm reference wavelength, produced a 0.12-nM detection limit. Relative standard deviations for 1, 2, and 10 nM samples were 5.6, 3.6, and 0.72 % (n = 9), and the analysis time was <2 min sample−1. The effects of salinity and interfering ions, especially Fe(III), were evaluated. Using the FIA-LWCC method, different sources of bottled waters and tap waters were examined. The Cr(VI) concentrations of the bottled waters ranged from the detection limit to ∼20 nM, and tap waters collected from the same community supply had Cr(VI) concentration around 14 nM.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 186, p. 367-373
Scholar Commons Citation
Ma, Jian; Yuan, Dongxing; and Byrne, Robert H., "Flow Injection Analysis of Trace Chromium (VI) in Drinking Water with a Liquid Waveguide Capillary Cell and Spectrophotometric Detection" (2014). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1774.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1774
