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Green detection of trace cyanuric acid and free chlorine together via ion chromatography

Journal

CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 292, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133378

Keywords

Cyanuric acid; Free chlorine; Ion chromatography; Ultraviolet detector; Conductivity detector

Funding

  1. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee [JCYJ20210324121403010]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978194]

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This study proposes a facile and reaction-free method to detect both cyanurate and free chlorine in water using ion chromatography. The method has lower detection limits, is environmentally friendly, and more resistant to alkaline solutions compared to colorimetric methods. The research found trace levels of cyanurate in river water samples, indicating local environmental pollution by CCAs.
Chlorinated cyanurates (CCAs) are a type of disinfectants currently used worldwide for fight of Coronavirus. However, CCAs upon dosed into water can release not only free chlorine (FC), a strong disinfectant, but also cyanurate (CYA), a persistent compound potentially harmful to human and environment. Therefore, detecting CYA and FC in water are very important not only for ensuring sufficient disinfection but also for monitoring the impacts of FC and CYA on receiving watershed. However, conventional analytical methods for them are mostly based on colorimetric methods, which have high method detection limits (MDLs) and rely on chemical reactions that are likely sensitive to coexisting chemicals. To overcome these issues, we herein proposed a facile and reaction-free method to detect CYA and FC together in just one run by ion chromatography (IC) equipped with both conductivity and ultraviolet absorbance detectors. The method features obvious advantages over colorimetric methods in being lower MDLs (3.6 mu g/L for CYA and 9.0 mu g/L for FC), environmental-friendly (i.e., no organic solvent involved), and more resistant to alkaline solution. With this method, trace levels of CYA (i.e., 34-44 mu g/L), which were nondetectable by conventional method, were found in two river water samples, implying that the local environment was already polluted by CCAs during the pandemic period. Overall, this study demonstrates a robust tool that may assist better understanding and monitoring the fate and transport of trace CCA derivatives in water.

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