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A Simple Method for Automated Solid Phase Extraction of Water Samples for Immunological Analysis of Small Pollutants
Published on: January 1, 2016
Ionic liquid-immobilized silica gel as a new sorbent for solid-phase extraction of heavy metal ions in water samples
The Thai Nguyen1,2, Tu-Hoai Duy Nguyen1,2, Tam Thanh Thi Huynh1,2
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Science Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam thphuong@hcmus.edu.vn.
Abstract:
In the current study, we have developed a solid-phase extraction (SPE) method with novel C18-alkylimidazolium ionic liquid immobilized silica (SiO2-(CH2)3-Im-C18) for the preconcentration of trace heavy metals from aqueous samples as a prior step to their determination by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS). The material was characterized by Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. A mini-column packed with SiO2-(CH2)3-Im-C18 sorbent was used for the extraction of the metal ions complexed with 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) from the water sample. The effects of pH, PAN concentration, length of the alkyl chain of the ionic liquid, eluent concentration, eluent volume, and breakthrough volume have been investigated. The SiO2-(CH2)3-Im-C18 allows the isolation and preconcentration of the heavy metal ions with enrichment factors of 150, 60, 80, 80, and 150 for Cr3+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+, respectively. The limits of detection (LODs) for Cr3+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ were 0.724, 11.329, 4.571, 0.112, and 0.819 μg L-1, respectively with the relative standard deviation (RSD) in the range of 0.941-1.351%.
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