Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1016, Issue 2, Pages 223-234Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(03)01291-3
Keywords
road dust; speciation; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; platinum
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The emission of platinum from automobile catalytic exhaust converters is well known and the accumulation of Pt in road dust has been studied by the analysis of total Pt contents. However, there are few studies on the speciation of the emitted Pt-compounds in the environment. A separation method with HPLC-UV has been developed by Nachtigall et al. [Chromatogr. A 775 (1997) 197] with aqueous standards of Pt(II)- and Pt(IV)-chloro complexes. Due to the limited selectivity and sensitivity of the UV-detection this method is not suitable for Pt-speciation in road dust extracts. Therefore, in this study the method of Nachtigall et al. was modified to realize an on-line coupling to ICP-MS with the advantage of Pt-specific detection. Calibration was performed with aqueous standards and spiked road dust extracts. Calibration curves were linear with low residual standard deviation (1.3-3.1% for the aqueous standards) and approximately 10-times lower detection limits compared to the HPLC-UV-method. Moreover, the stability of the model species was investigated using isocratic as well as gradient separation. Isotopic ratios of Pt-194, Pt-195, Pt-196 and Pt-198 were determined for quality control. A new mathematical correction method for the HfO-interference on the Pt-195-signal was developed. Additionally, the elution pattern of further elements in the road dust extracts was monitored and total element contents were determined in unspiked road dust extracts. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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