Determination of water-soluble inorganic and organic species in atmospheric fine particulate matter

The use of ion chromatography (IC) in conjunction with ultrasonic extraction is described for the routine analysis of water-soluble major inorganic ions and organic acids in atmospheric fine particles (PM_2.5). Both the extraction method and the IC analysis were validated using NIST SRM 1648 (urban particulate matter). In addition, the reliability of the IC method was established by intercomparison of results obtained with those from suitable alternative analytical techniques (atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry, and UV-Visible spectrophotometry). The validated IC method was successfully applied for field monitoring of PM_2.5 particles collected in Singapore over an extended period of time. The IC analysis revealed that the concentrations of individual ions were in the order, SO₄²⁻ > NH₄⁺ > NO₃⁻ > Na⁺ > K⁺ > Cl⁻, respectively. Among the major ionic components, SO₄²⁻ contributed 50% to the measured water-soluble aerosol mass followed by NH₄⁺ (16.5%) and NO₃⁻ (9.0%). The cations Na⁺, K⁺, Mg²⁺, and Ca²⁺ accounted for 24% of the total water-soluble mass. The IC analysis was performed to quantify the organic acids, which typically account for a small fraction of water-soluble organic compounds in PM_2.5. Oxalate was found to be the dominant species among the organic acids measured in this work.     

离子色谱法及聚类分析研究主流烟气中的有机酸

建立了超声辅助萃取-离子色谱法同时测定卷烟主流烟气中主要有机酸的方法.采用20 mL 30 mmol/L J NaOH溶液在50℃下对捕集了卷烟主流烟气的剑桥滤片超声萃取50 min,AS11-HC分离柱、Ion AG11-HC保护柱、ASRS-ULTRAⅡ抑制器,KOH溶液为淋洗液,用电导检测器同时测定了卷烟主流烟气中的乳酸、甲酸、乙酸、丙酸、苹果酸和草酸的含量.方法的线性范围1.0～400 mg/L,相关系数为0.9990～0.9995,相对标准偏差1.4%～4.8%,检出限0.03～0.09 mg/L,回收率为92%～104%.采用此方法测定了19种不同规格卷烟样品主流烟气中6种有机酸的含量,并且以6种有机酸为指标对样品进行了聚类分析.结果表明,6种有机酸的含量分布特征可反映不同等级卷烟产品的特性,可用于不用等级卷烟产品的比较和分类.     

Ion chromatographic determination of some organic acids, chloride and phosphate in coffee and tea

An ion chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of organic acids and inorganic ions is described. Acetic, malic, ascorbic, citric, malic and succinic acids, chloride and phosphate were determined in coffee and tea samples. The separation is performed on an anion-exchange column operated at 40 °C within 25 min by an isocratic elution with 0.6 mM aqueous potassium hydrogenphthalate (pH 4.0) solution containing 4% (v/v) acetonitrile as eluent and determination by conductivity detection. The method does not need a special sample treatment and was successfully applied to the analysis of black, green and oolong tea samples. Also, green and roasted coffee samples from the varieties arabica and robusta were analyzed.     

离子色谱法同时分析啤酒中的有机酸和无机阴离子

建立了以NaOH-甲醇混合淋洗液,离子交换色谱柱,电导检测器检测,分离啤酒中有机酸和无机阴离子的离子色谱法.结果表明：在20 min内分离出啤酒中的11种主要有机酸与无机阴离子,方法回收率和相对标准偏差分别为96.30%～104.8%和0.02%～4.0%.     

固相萃取-抑制电导离子色谱法测定水产品中有机酸

建立了梯度淋洗-抑制型电导离子色谱法检测水产品中有机酸的方法。在2～3个数量级范围内,该方法对目标化合物的检测线性良好。酒石酸的线性范围为15～500 ng/mL,检测限为0.05 mg/kg;柠檬酸线性范围为8～500 ng/mL,检测限为0.03 mg/kg。以大黄鱼、中华绒螯蟹、南美白对虾、文蛤为空白样品,加入酒石酸和柠檬酸质量分数分别为0.05,0.07和0.10 mg/kg,酒石酸的加标回收率介于84.4%～89.2%,RSD<6.5%,柠檬酸的加标回收率介于87.5%～93.8%,RSD<5.9%。     

离子色谱法测定乙二醇中微量有机酸和无机阴离子

建立了以YSA-8阴离子交换柱的离子色谱法分析乙二醇中微量有机酸和无机阴离子的方法,比较了进样乙二醇浓度对F-及有机酸测定结果的影响,进样乙二醇质量分数低于8.5%时,能够得到较准确的数据.用本法对所测的有机酸和无机阴离子检出限均在8.9 μg/L以下,线性相关系数r在0.996～0.999范围内,标准样中各物质的离子峰面积的相对标准偏差(RSD)在4.2%以下(n＝11),对乙二醇质量分数约为8.5%的样品中F-及有机酸的加标回收率在91.6%～100.0%之间,乙二醇含水料直接测定无机阴离子的加标回收率在91.8%～104.8%之间.     

A review of quantitative ion exchange,high performance liquid and gas chromatographic analysis of amino acids in physiological fluids

Methodologies for quantitative analysis of amino acids in physiological fluids based on classical ion exchange, high performance liquid chromatography, and gas chromatography are analyzed. As judged by the relative number of reports on these techniques, it appears that classical ion exchange continues to be the main method of choice for amino acid determinations and only limited advantage has been taken of the benefits (e.g. lower capital outlay and running costs and shorter analysis times) offered by other techniques. More importantly, however, there appears to be insufficient quantitative evaluation of the methodologies used. As a result, the validity of many reports based on data from amino acid analysis of physiological samples may be questioned.     

Reversed phase liquid chromatographic determination of organic acids using on-line complexation with copper(II) ion

We describe a simple and sensitive liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of organic acids using on-line complexation with copper(II) ion. Organic acids complexed with copper(II) ion were separated on a reversed-phase C18 column and detected by UV absorption at 240 nm. The copper(II) ion concentration in the mobile phase had a great influence on separation and sensitivity. A mobile phase consisting of 10 mM copper(II) sulfate in 5 mM sulfuric acid (pH 2.3) was used to separate nine organic acids (tartaric, malic, malonic, lactic, acetic, citric, maleic, succinic and fumaric acids). The detection limits of the examined organic acids calculated at S/N = 3 ranged from 0.6 to 100 μM. The detector signal was linear over three orders of magnitude of organic acid concentration. The method successfully measured organic acids in juice and vinegar samples.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of major organic acids in apple juices and ciders

Summary A reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatographic method is presented for the simultaneous separation and determination of malic, citric, lactic, succinic and ascorbic acids in apple juices and ciders. After filtration and/or degasification, the organic acids in the sample are separated on a LiChrosorb/C₁₈ column and quantified by using a rapid diode array detector. The method is considered to be a suitable choice for the accurate and precise determination (C.V. 5%) of these compounds.     

气相色谱直接进样法分析环己烷氧化废液中的有机酸

环己烷氧化废液经酸化、抽滤等预处理后 ,采用气相色谱直接进样法分离了样品中的 1 0种有机酸 ,并测定了其含量。测定废液中各有机酸的回收率在 95 %～ 1 0 5 %之间。气相色谱固定相为 5 %新戊二醇己二酸酯 +0 .2 %磷酸/1 0 1酸洗白色担体。     

Simultaneous determination of inorganic and organic acids in air by use of annular denuders and ion chromatography

Summary The performance of KOH-coated annular denuders for simultaneous collection of gas-phase atmospheric organic and inorganic acids has been evaluated by ion chromatography (IC) with an NaOH−H₂O gradient. Sampling efficiency was tested for formic and acetic acids under dry and humid air conditions. With this method several mono- and dicarboxylic acids, nitric acid, and hydrogen chloride can be detected. Laboratory and field measurements confirmed the reliability of the denuder method and its superior versatility compared with other techniques (scrubbing by means of a nebulizer, cryogenic trapping) which cannot be used to determine termine gaseous inorganic acids.     

Ion chromatographic determination of organic acids in food samples using a permanent coating graphite carbon column

From the viewpoint of a graphite carbon column with excellent durability, it was applied to the ion chromatography (IC) of several organic acids. The carbon column was permanently coated with the cetyltrimethylammonium (CTMA) ion, and the elution behaviors of several organic acids (acetic acid, lactic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid) and inorganic anions (Cl⁻, NO₂⁻, NO₃⁻, SO₄²⁻) were examined according to a non-suppressed IC coupled with conductivity detector, when an ion-exchange ability was given to the graphite carbon column. When salicylic acid and sodium salicylate were used as a mobile phase, each organic acid are analyzed approximately 10 min. But the separation of malic acid, chloride and nitrite was difficult. When benzoic acid and 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-puropanediol (tris aminomethane) were used as a mobile phase, tartaric acid and citric acid, etc. with large valency showed tendency to which the width of each peaks extended and retention time increased. However, it was possible to separate excellently for the analytes detected within 10 min. The developed method was then applied to the determination of organic acids in several food samples.     

Spatial inhomogeneity of anions in ambient particulate matter collected on air filters: determination using a drift-corrected ion chromatography technique

The spatial inhomogeneity of anions in ambient particulate matter collected on filters has been investigated using two different sub-sampling techniques and with analysis by a drift-corrected ion chromatography technique. The results highlight the inhomogeneity in anion mass along the radius of the sampled filter, in agreement with analogous studies on metals in PM, and also, more surprisingly, significant random differences between sub-samples based on filter sectors. Implications for the sub-sampling of filters for the purposes of performing multiple analyses are discussed.     

A fast derivatization procedure for gas chromatographic analysis of perfluorinated organic acids

A rapid and simple derivatization procedure has been developed for gas chromatographic determination of perfluorinated organic acids (PFCAs, C₆–C₁₂), using isobutyl chloroformate (IBCF) to convert the acids into the more volatile isobutyl esters, under catalysis by pyridine. The procedure was optimized in an acetonitrile medium and applied to GC techniques with electron-capture detection (GC-ECD) and mass spectrometry with electron-impact ionization (GC-EI-MS); for the sake of comparison, HPLC with electrospray-ionization MS (HPLC-ESI(−)-MS) was also tested. The LOD and LOQ values obtained for these three techniques were compared, and the lowest LODs were obtained with GC-ECD (0.06–1.80 μg mL⁻¹). The procedure was further optimized in an aqueous medium, obtaining the best results in a phosphate buffer (pH 2.5, 50 mmol L⁻¹), in which the LOD and LOQ values were measured for GC-ECD a GC-EI-MS. The lowest LODs were found for GC-EI-MS (0.030–0.314 μg mL⁻¹). The practical applicability was tested on Vltava river water samples.     

HPLC analysis of organic acids using a novel stationary phase

In the present work, a high performance liquid chromatographic method with UV detection for the separation of six organic acids including, tartaric, malic, acetic, lactic, citric and succinic is described.The separation was performed on a novel stationary phase TEKNOKROMA, Tr-010065 Mediterranea sea₁₈ (15 cm × 0.4 cm, i.d. 3 μm) and using water with a 0.1% (v/v) of formic acid as mobile phase. The advantages of this packing over a conventional octadecylsilane (ODS2) column are reported.The method was validated with respect to linearity, limits of detection and repeatabilities within day and between days and satisfactory results were obtained.The proposed method was applied for the determination of these compounds in commercially available white wines. The samples were injected directly without previous treatment. LC-MS was used as a confirmatory technique.     

Response surface methodology to optimize gradient ion chromatographic separation of inorganic anions and organic acids in tobacco leaves

The separation optimization of nine organic and inorganic anions in tobacco leaves using gradient ion chromatography by response surface methodology was investigated.In order to achieve this goal the usefulness of the chromatographic response function(CRF) for the evaluation of the two different chromatographic performance goals(resolution and analysis time) was tested. The experiments were performed according to a Box-Behnken design response surface experimental design.     

Coupled reversed-phase and ion chromatographic system for the simultaneous identification of inorganic and organic explosives

There are many methods available to detect and positively identify either organic or inorganic explosives separately, however no one method has been developed which can detect both types of explosive species simultaneously from a single sample. In this work, a unique coupled-chromatographic system is reported for the simultaneous determination of both organic and inorganic explosive species and is used for pre-blast analysis/identification purposes. This novel approach is based on the combination of reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography which allows trace levels of organic and inorganic explosives to be determined simultaneously from a single sample. Using this procedure, a 20 min reversed-phase separation of organic explosives is coupled to a 16 min ion-exchange separation of anions present in inorganic explosives, providing a complete pre-blast analysis/identification system for the separation and detection of a complex mixture containing organic and/or inorganic explosive species. The total analysis time, including sufficient column re-equilibration between runs, was <25 min using the coupled system. By this method, the minimum resolution for the organic separation was 1.16 between nitroglycerin and tetryl and the detection limits ranged from 0.31 mg L(-1) for cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (HMX) and 1.54 mg L(-1) for pentaerythrite tetranitrate (PETN), while the minimum resolution for the inorganic separation was 0.99 between azide and nitrate, and the detection limits ranged from 7.70 μg L(-1) for fluoride and 159.50 μg L(-1) for benzoate.     

Capillary electrophoresis determinative and GC-MS confirmatory method for water-soluble organic acids in airborne particulate matter and vehicle emission

Urban fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) and vehicle emission samples were studied for water-soluble low-molecular-weight carboxylic acids using CE with indirect UV detection. Further identification of these acids was achieved using GC-MS as their butyl esters (after derivatization with BF3/butanol). Several dicarboxylic acids in the range C2-C10 including straight-chain, branched-chain, cis- and trans-unsaturated, and aromatic acids were confirmed by GC-MS. In addition, aromatic acids such as benzoate, phthalate, terephthalate, isophthalate, and 4-methylphtalate were present in such samples, but some of these were not well resolved by the used CE method. Oxocarboxylic acids (Cn(w) with n > 4) were also identified by GC-MS but not determined by CE due to lack of standards. The rapidity and simplicity of the CE method were clearly demonstrated, and the method was observed to be advantageous for routine monitoring of water-soluble organic acids in airborne PM2.5 and vehicle emission at low microg/L levels.     

Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography: Ion chromatography × reversed-phase liquid chromatography for separation of low-molar-mass organic acids

In the work presented here a novel approach to comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography is evaluated. Ion chromatography is chosen for the first-dimension separation and reversed-phase liquid chromatography is chosen for the second-dimension separation mode. The coupling of these modes is made possible by neutralising the first-dimension effluent, containing KOH, prior to transfer to the second-dimension reversed-phase column. A test mixture of 24 low-molar-mass organic acids is used for optimisation of the system. Three food and beverage samples were analysed in order to evaluate the developed methodology, the resulting two-dimensional separation is near-orthogonal, the set-up is simple and all instrumental components are available commercially. The method proved to be robust and suitable for the analysis of wine, orange juice and yogurt.