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A simple and high resolution ion-pair HPLC method for separation and simultaneous determination of nitrate and
Majid Soleimani1, Yadollah Yamini, Farzane Mohazab Rad
1Department of Chemistry, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. m-soleimani@hotmail.com
Abstract:
An ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method with isocratic elution and ultraviolet detection was developed and validated for the separation and simultaneous determination of nitrate and thiocyanate. The separation was performed on a C18 analytical column with mobile phase containing 0.08 mM hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide as an ion-pair reagent, 40 mM of acetate buffer and 30% methanol at pH 3.2. The detection was monitored at 206 nm. The response was linear from 1 to 10 mM for nitrate, with a detection limit of 0.05 mM, and 1 to 10 mM for thiocyanate, with a detection limit of 0.31 mM. Calibration curves were found to be linear in these concentration ranges with correlation coefficient better than 0.99.
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