Turbidimetric determination of sulphate in waters employing flow injection and lead sulphate formation

An analytical flow-injection procedure based on PbSO₄ colloidal formation is proposed as a turbidimetric determination of sulphate in natural waters. Ethanol-water was used as a medium in order to improve the sensibility of the method. Both chemical and flow variables as well as interfering species were studied. A detection limit of 0.3 μg SO²⁻₄ ml⁻¹ was found, and the analytical range (according to Beer's law) was 2–20 μg SO²⁻₄ ml⁻¹. The precision was better than 3% R.S.D. and the sample throughput was ca. 35 h⁻¹. The method, when compared with a standard methodology, gave good results when applied to water analysis.     

The determination of bromide in natural waters by flow injection analysis

Bromide can occur in well waters as a result of sea water intrusion. The phenol red method is adapted to a flow-injection system and interferences are studied by using a two-channel valve. Standards are injected from one loop of the valve while the possible interferent is injected from the other loop; this provides a fast means of evaluating interferences. Ammonia, cyanide and humic substances interfere. Bromide can be determined down to 2 μM at a rate of 80 samples per hour     

On-line sulphate monitoring by reversed flow injection analysis and alternating reagent injection

Summary An on-line automated system for the determination of sulphate in effluent water streams based on the concept of reversed flow injection analysis and alternating reagent injection is described (turbidimetric determination of barium sulphate). The rate of determination is 60 actual analyses/h. The method is suitable for the on-site monitoring of sulphate in the concentration range up to 200 mg/l with a coefficient of variation of better than 2.0%.

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On-line Sulfatbestimmung durch umgekehrte Fließinjektionsanalyse und alternierende Reagensinjektion

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein automatisiertes on-line System für die Sulfatbestimmung in Abwasserausflüssen beschrieben, das auf umgekehrter Fließinjektion beruht (turbidimetrische Bestimmung von Bariumsulfat). Je Stunde können 60 Analysen ausgeführt werden. Das Verfahren ist zur Überwachung vor Ort geeignet für einen Konzentrationsbereich bis zu 200 mg/l mit einem Variationskoeffizient besser als 2,0%.

     

Microchemical determination of lodate and iodide in sea waters by flow injection analysis

A flow injection analysis method for iodate and iodide in sea water is described. The system involves spectrophotometric detection based on the catalytic, fading effect of either iodate or iodide on the indicator reaction of iron (III) thiocyanate and nitrite. With and without an anion-exchange column in the flow conduit, the system allows the determination of iodate and total iodine, respectively; iodide can be found by difference. Both iodate-iodine and total iodine can be determined in the range 0.75 to 150 g/1 on the sea water basis with analysis times of 20 min for iodate-iodine and 9 min for total iodine. The RSDs are within 1.3% for both iodate and iodide. Results are presented for the determination of iodate and iodide in sea waters and some brines associated with natural methane gas evolution.     

Flow-injection ultraviolet spectrophotometric determination of sulphate in natural waters

The proposed method is based on measurement of the absorbance of the FeSO₄⁺ complex cation at 355 nm. Sample-injection and reagent-injection procedures are described. Calibration graphs are linear in the ranges 25–600 and 10–150 mg l^?1 sulphate, respectively. The main interference is from ultraviolet-absorbing organic compounds in the waters. Methods of eliminating the interference are discussed. Results for sulphate in river waters compare satisfactorily with those obtained by the gravimetric method. Depending on the pretreatment used, 10–30 samples can be analyzed per hour.     

The determination of sulphate in natural waters by inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometry

Sulphate is determined simultaneously with other constituents by using inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometry; the intensity of the 180.73-nm sulphur line is monitored. At a forward power of 1100 W, under compromise conditions, a 3 s detection limit of 0.08 mg l^-1 sulphate and a precision of 0.8% RSD at the 200 mg l^-1 sulphate level were obtained. A small spectral interference from calcium is overcome by software corrections, and good agreement is demonstrated between the proposed method and spectrophotometric sulphate measurements for a variety of natural waters including seawater.     

Merging zones in flow injection analysis: Part 5. Simultaneous determination of aluminium and iron in plant digests by a zone-sampling approach

A flow injection procedure is proposed for the simultaneous determination of aluminium and iron in plant material. The method is based on a flow configuration involving zone sampling and merging zones. Aluminium is determined spectrophotometrically with eriochrome cyanine R as reagent and iron by atomic absorption spectrometry. The advantages of this method over other procedures already reported are discussed. The effects of reagent composition for the aluminium determination are described in detail. The zone-sampling approach permits an easier pH control in the aluminium determinations so interferences caused by variations in sample acidity are avoided without the need for very concentrated buffers. The merging zones configuration greatly reduces the consumption of reagents. The proposed method permits the analysis of about 120 samples (240 determinations) per hour, with good precision (r.s.d. < 2%) in both the aluminium and iron channels. The results agree with those obtained by inductively-coupled argon plasma spectrometry.     

Confluent streams in flow injection analysis

The addition of a confluent stream increases the mean length of the sample zone and simultaneously decreases the involved concentrations. Simple equations describing these effects under ideal mixing conditions are proposed. The effects of the confluent stream on the overall sample dispersion may be more or less compensated, depending on the decrease in the post-confluence dispersion. When this compensation is almost total, a paradoxical situation occurs, in which the recorded peak height becomes practically unaffected by variations in the flow rate of the merging stream. In this situation, the peak width approaches a limiting value which is independent of the injected volume and of the flow rate of the confluent stream. Limiting values for the peak width and for the mean length of the sample zone are postulated. When the post-confluence dispersion is negligible, the effects of the confluence appear in the recorded peak. The confluent stream addition reduces the overlap between successive sample zones. The site of the confluence may be an important dispersion factor. A saturation index is proposed and practical implications are discussed.     

Fluidized beds in flow analysis: use with ion-exchange separation for spectrophotometric determination of zinc in plant digests

A novel strategy for utilization of solid reagents in flow analysis is proposed. Establishment of diffuse and reproducible geometry enables the solid particles to be maintained in constant floating, reflux, and circulating motion inside a mini-chamber. This is efficiently accomplished with pulsed flows, a characteristic of multi-pumping flow systems. Drawbacks inherent in solid-phase packed columns, for example backpressure, preferential pathways, swelling, etc., and some limitations inherent in immobilized reagents are minimised. Spectrophotometric determination of zinc in plants was selected as an application of the technique. Dowex 1-X8 anionic resin was kept freely inside a mini-chamber. Zinc chloro-complexes were adsorbed on the moving particles and derivatization with zincon was performed after elution. Analytical figures of merit and the potential and limitations of the approach are discussed.     

Merging zones in flow injection analysis : Part 6. determination of calcium in natural waters, soil and plant materials with glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil)

A flow injection procedure is proposed for the spectrophotometric determination of calcium in natural waters, soil extracts and plant digests, employing glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil) as the colour-forming reagent. The necessary dissociation of this reagent, which is rather slow, proceeds outside the analytical path, and the merging-zones approach is used for reagent addition. Composition of reagents, dissociation time of the colourforming reagent, ethanol content in the carrier streams and interferences are described. In the analysis of plant and soil materials, zone sampling is required for initial sample dilution. The proposed systems are very stable and permit a sampling rate of 180 determinations per hour. Relative standard deviations are less than 1%. The results compare well with those obtained by inductively-coupled argon-plasma atomic emission spectrometry.     

The rapid determination of chemical oxygen demand in waste waters and effluents by flow injection analysis

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and the limitations of the standard method of determination are discussed. A fully automated method based on a commercial     

A metallic cobalt electrode for the indirect potentiometric determination of calcium and magnesium in natural waters using flow injection analysis

A flow injection analysis of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) using indirect potentiometric detection in natural waters is proposed, where Ca(2+) or Mg(2+) are injected into a buffer carrier containing phosphate, resulting in the formation of Ca(3)(PO(4))(2) or Mg(3)(PO(4))(2). The consequent reduction in free phosphate in the carrier solution is detected using a metallic cobalt wire electrode. Indirect electrode response was used and the experimental conditions affecting electrode response were optimized. Responses were linear in the concentration range 5x10(-4) to 5x10(-3) M with a detection limit of 1x10(-5) M in 20 mM phosphate buffer at pH 8.0. The relative standard derivation at 1 mM of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) were 3.9 and 3.7% (n=10), respectively. EGTA and 8-hydroxyquinoline were used as the masking agents for Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), respectively. Concentrations of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) in natural waters were successfully determined by the proposed method.     

Rapid determination of dissolved organic phosphorus in soil leachates and runoff waters by flow injection analysis with on-line photo-oxidation

A rapid method suitable for the determination of dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) in soil leachates and runoff waters is presented. The flow injection (FI) manifold contains an in-line PTFE reaction coil wrapped around a low power UV lamp and is based on the spectrophotometric determination of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) and mineralised DOP at 690 nm after reduction of phosphomolybdate to molybdenum blue with tin(II) chloride. The linear range was 0-1.5 mg 1(-1) PO(4)-P, with a detection limit (3 s) of 7 mug 1(-1) and a sample throughput of 40 h(-1). Tolerance to potential matrix interferences in soil pore waters, particularly Al(III), Si(IV), Fe(II) and Fe(III), was achieved using a combination of on-line sample pre-treatment by a strong acid ion exchange column, low photoreactor pH and acid induced control of the kinetics of the molybdenum blue reaction. The results obtained with this manifold were in good agreement with those obtained by a batch spectrophotometric reference method.     

Spectrofluorimetric determination of aluminum in drinking waters by sequential injection analysis

A selective procedure for the determination of Al³⁺ in drinking and natural waters is proposed. The analytical procedure is based both on the complex formation between Al³⁺ and 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid (HQS) and on a fluorimetric detection of the complex. The reaction was carried out in presence of thioglycolic acid as a masking agent. This procedure has been adapted to a sequential injection analysis (SIA) system. Operative conditions both for batch and SIA procedures were investigated including reagent concentration, volumes, pH and wavelengths used for the fluorimetric detection. Batch procedure allows determination of Al³⁺ at ppb level (LOQ: 2.8 μg l⁻¹) within a working range of 2.2-300 μg l⁻¹. The SIA procedure was successfully employed for the determination of Al³⁺ in several commercial drinking and tap waters.     

An improved flow injection determination of nitrite in waters by using intermittent flows

An injector—commutator with a 0:1:2 section is employed to achieve intermittent flows without intermittent pumping. The resulting flow injection system is very simple, manually operated, and requires only one peristaltic pump. When applied to the spectrophotometric determination of nitrite in waters, the device leads to an enhancement of the sensitivity and sampling rate without affecting other analytical characteristics. The merging zones approach is employed to decrease consumption of reagents.     

Flow injection analysis : Part III. Comparison of continuous flow spectrophotometry and potentiometry for the rapid determination of the total nitrogen content in plant digests

The Berthelot reaction for the determination of ammonia by formation of indophenol blue, has been adapted to continuous flow spectrophotometry and the effects of acidity, temperature, ethanol content and sampling rate have been investigated; optimal conditions are described for the determination of nitrogen in Kjeldahl digests. Comparison of results obtained by this method, the air-gap electrode and classical distillation show no statistical difference at the 1% level, but the flow injection technique can be run at a much higher sampling rate (110–180 samples per h) than any other method and uses as little as 0.3 ml of digest per analysis.     

流动注射化学发光法测定氨苄西林的研究

氨苄西林在NaOH溶液中降解后,其产物可在酸性条件下与KMnO4发生化学发光反应,甲醛的存在可使发光强度增强。据此,采用流动注射技术,建立了一种测定氨苄西林的化学发光分析法。方法的检出限为9.1×10-9g/mL,相对标准偏差为1.8%(n=11,ρ=3.4×10-6g/mL),线性范围为4.0×10-8~2.0×10-5g/mL。利用该法测定了氨苄西林胶囊中的氨苄西林,其回收率在87%~106%。     

流动注射化学发光法测定那格列奈

在碱性介质中,那格列奈对Luminol-H2O2体系的化学发光有很强的抑制作用,据此建立了流动注射化学发光抑制法测定那格列奈的新方法.该法的化学发光抑制值△I与那格列奈的质量浓度在2.0×10-8～1.0×10-6 g/mL范围内,呈良好的线性关系,检出限为1.4×10-8 g/mL;对4.0×10-7 g/mL那格列奈连续进行11次平行测定,相对标准偏差为1.0%;通过对荧光光谱的研究,对机理进行了初步探讨.     

流动注射化学发光法测定佐米曲谱坦

在碱性条件下,佐米曲谱坦对鲁米诺-K3[Fe(CN)6]化学发光体系有较强的抑制作用,据此建立了佐米曲谱坦的流动注射化学发光分析法。该法的化学发光抑制值ΔI与佐米曲谱坦质量浓度在2.0×10-6~1.2×10-4g/mL范围内,呈良好的线性关系,检出限为7.6×10-7g/mL。对2.5×10-5g/mL佐米曲谱坦测定的相对标准偏差为1.2%(n=11)。方法适用于佐米曲谱坦片中佐米曲谱坦的测定。