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ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
卷 32, 期 6, 页码 479-490出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9321-y
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Arsenic; Field-based speciation; Solid-phase extraction
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- Natural Environment Research Council [bgs05008] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [bgs05008] Funding Source: UKRI
A field method is reported for the speciation of arsenic in water samples that is simple, rapid, safe to use beyond laboratory environments, and cost effective. The method utilises solid-phase extraction cartridges (SPE) in series for selective retention of arsenic species, followed by elution and measurement of eluted fractions by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for total arsenic. The method is suitable for on-site separation and preservation of arsenic species from water. Mean percentage accuracies (n = 25) for synthetic solutions of arsenite (As-III), arsenate (As-V), monomethylarsonic acid (MA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) containing 10 mu g l(-1) As, were 98, 101, 94, and 105%, respectively. Data are presented to demonstrate the effect of pH and competing anions on the retention of the arsenic species. The cartridges were tested in the UK and Argentina at sites where arsenic was known to be present in surface and groundwaters, respectively, at elevated concentrations and under challenging matrix conditions. In Argentinean groundwater, 4-20% of speciated arsenic was present as MA and 20-73% as As-III. In UK surface waters, speciated arsenic was measured as 7-49% MA and 12-42% DMA. Comparative data from the field method using SPE cartridges and the laboratory method using liquid chromatography coupled to ICP-MS for all water samples provided a correlation of greater than 0.999 for As-III and DMA, 0.991 for MA, and 0.982 for As-V (P < 0.01).
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