Journal
TALANTA
Volume 78, Issue 3, Pages 820-826Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2008.12.059
Keywords
Antimony species; HPLC-ICP mass spectrometry; Aqueous extracts; Plant material; Pteris vittata
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- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU [20004/703]
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Antimony is a common contaminant at abandoned sites for non-ferrous ore mining and processing. Because of the possible risk of antimony by transfer to plants growing on contaminated sites, it is of importance to analyze antimony and its species in such biota. A method based on high performance liquid chromatographic separation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric detection (HPLC-ICP-MS) was developed to determine inorganic antimony species such as Sb(III) and Sb(V) as well as possible antimony-organic metabolisation products of the antimony transferred into plant material within one chromatographic run. The separation is performed using anion chromatography on a strong anion exchange column (IonPac AS 15/AG 15). Based on isocratic optimizations for the Separation of Sb(III) and Sb(V) as well as Sb(V) and trimenthylated Sb(V) (TMSb(V)), a chromatographic method with an eluent gradient was developed. The suggested analytical method was applied to aqueous extracts of Chinese break fern Pteris vittata samples. The transfer of antimony from spiked soil composites into the fern, which is known as a hyperaccumulator for arsenic, was investigated under greenhouse conditions. Remarkable amounts of antimony were transferred into roots and leaves of P. vittata growing on spiked soil composites. Generally, R vittata accumulates not only arsenic (as shown in a Multiplicity Of Studies in the last decade), but also antimony to a lower extent. The main contaminant in the extracts was Sb(V). but also elevated concentrations of Sb(III) and TMSb(V) (all in mu g L-1 range). An unidentified Sb compound in the plant extracts was detected, which slightly differ in elution time from TMSb(V). (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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