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LUMINESCENCE
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 407-414Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/bio.977
Keywords
fluorimetric; pentachlorophenol; improved Fenton reagent; rhodamine B; natural water samples
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A sensitive fluorimetric method is presented and discussed for the determination of pentachlorophenol in aqueous solutions. This method is based on the inhibitory effect of pentachlorophenol on the reaction of conventional Fenton [Fe(III) + H2O2] reagent with rhodamine B in the medium of perchloric acid, which results in the fluorescence quenching of rhodamine B. It was further found that the sensitivity for the determination was improved significantly when the molecular ligand EDTA was added. This improved system was therefore presented for the determination of pentachlorophenol. The characteristics of the excitation and emission spectra, optimization of the experimental conditions, the stability of the system and the influence of foreign matter have all been investigated. Under optimal conditions, the linear range for the determination of pentachlorophenol is 12-480 ng/mL with a 3 sigma limit of detection of 0.96 ng/mL. Compared with the conventional Fenton system, the improved system shows obvious advantages in both sensitivity and selectivity. By combination with the pretreatment of samples using ion exchange resins and XDA-1 absorption resin, the improved Fenton method was used for the first time for the determination of pentachlorophenol in synthetic samples and natural water samples, and satisfactory results, in agreement with those of the HPLC method, were achieved. The possible mechanism of the reactions has also been discussed. Copyright (C) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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