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Hydride Generation Coupled to Microfunnel-Assisted Headspace Liquid-Phase Microextraction for the Determination of Arsenic With UV-Vis Spectrophotometry

Hydride Generation Coupled to Microfunnel-Assisted Headspace Liquid-Phase Microextraction for the Determination of Arsenic With UV-Vis Spectrophotometry

Reihaneh Hashemniaye-Torshizi, Narges Ashraf, Mohammad Hossein Arbab-Zavar

Environ Monit Assess. 2014 Dec;186(12):8381-9.

PMID: 25154684

Abstract:

In this research, a microfunnel-assisted headspace liquid-phase microextraction technique has been used in combination with hydride generation to determine arsenic (As) by UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The method is based on the reduction of As to arsine (AsH3) in acidic media by sodium tetrahydroborate (NaBH4) followed by its subsequent reaction with silver diethyldithiocarbamate (AgDDC) to give an absorbing complex at 510 nm. The complexing reagent (AgDDC) has been dissolved in a 1:1 (by the volume ratio) mixture of chloroform/chlorobenzene microdroplet and exposed to the generated gaseous arsine via a reversed microfunnel in the headspace of the sample solution. Several operating parameters affecting the performance of the method have been examined and optimized. Acetonitrile solvent has been added to the working samples as a sensitivity enhancement agent. Under the optimized operating conditions, the detection limit has been measured to be 0.2 ng mL(-1) (based on 3sb/m criterion, n b = 8), and the calibration curve was linear in the range of 0.5-12 ng mL(-1). The relative standard deviation for eight replicate measurements was 1.9 %. Also, the effects of several potential interferences have been studied. The accuracy of the method was validated through the analysis of JR-1 geological standard reference material. The method has been successfully applied for the determination of arsenic in raw and spiked soft drink and water samples with the recoveries that ranged from 91 to 106 %.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1470617	Silver diethyldithiocarbamate		1470-61-7	Price

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