Comparison of ultrasound-assisted emulsification and dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction methods for the speciation of inorganic selenium in environmental water samples using low density extraction solvents

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Herein, ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction (USAEME) and dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) methods based on applying low-density organic solvents have been critically compared for the speciation of inorganic selenium, Se(IV) (selenite) and Se(VI) (selenate) in environmental water samples by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID). At pH 2 and T=75°C for 7 min, only Se(IV) was able to form the piazselenol complex with 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine. Piazselenol was extracted using an extraction solvent and was injected into a GC-FID instrument for the determination of Se(IV). Conveniently, Se(VI) remained in the aqueous phase. Total inorganic selenium was determined after the reduction of Se(VI) to Se(IV) and prior to the above procedures. The Se(VI) concentration was calculated as the difference between the measured total inorganic selenium and Se(IV) content. The effect of various experimental parameters on the efficiencies of the two methods and their optimum values were studied with the aid of response surface methodology and experimental design. Under the optimal conditions, the limit of detections (LODs) for Se(IV) obtained by USAEME-GC-FID and DLLME-GC-FID were 0.05 and 0.11 ng mL(-1), respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs, n=6) for the measurement 10 ng mL(-1) of Se(IV) were 5.32% and 4.57% with the enrichment factors of 2491 and 1129 for USAEME-GC-FID and DLLME-GC-FID, respectively. Both methods were successfully applied to the analysis of inorganic selenium in different environmental water samples and certified reference material (NIST SRM 1643e).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:714

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Analytica chimica acta - 714(2012) vom: 10. Feb., Seite 82-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Najafi, Nahid Mashkouri [VerfasserIn]
Tavakoli, Hamed [VerfasserIn]
Abdollahzadeh, Yaser [VerfasserIn]
Alizadeh, Reza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
1,2-diamino-4-nitrobenzene
273-15-4
5A9AX7Y0TT
Azoles
Comparative Study
Emulsions
Journal Article
Organoselenium Compounds
Phenylenediamines
Piaselenole
Selenium Compounds
Solvents
Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 03.05.2012

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aca.2011.11.063

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NLM214545954