Separation of inorganic anions in acidic solution by capillary electrophoresis

Inorganic anions are almost always determined by capillary electrophoresis (CE) at an alkaline pH, so the analytes will be fully ionized. However, a long-chain quaternary ammonium salt usually must be added as a flow modifier to the carrier electrolyte to reverse the direction of the electroosmotic flow. By working at a sufficiently acidic pH, the electroosmotic flow in fused-silica capillaries is virtually eliminated, and anions can be separated simply by differences in their electrophoretic mobilities. Excellent separations were obtained for AuCl₄⁻ and the chloro complexes of platinum group elements in HCl solution at pH 2.0 to 2.4. No additional buffer or flow modifier was needed. This CE technique is an excellent way to follow slow hydrolytic reactions in which one or more of the chloride ligands is replaced by water. Sharp peaks and good separations were also obtained for MnO₄⁻, VO₃⁻, chromate, molybdate, ferrocyanide, ferricyanide and stable complex ions such as chromium oxalate (CrO₃³⁻).     

Potentiometric titration of fluoride,sulfate, chromate,molybdate, tungstate,oxalate, phosphate,pyrophosphate and hexacyanoferrate(II) ions with lead(II) solutions and a fluoride-selective electrode

A semi-automatic potentiometric method is described for the direct titration of fluoride with lead(II) solutions in the presence of added chloride. Sulfate, chromate, molybdate, tungstate, oxalate, phosphate, pyrophosphate, and hexacyanoferrate(II) are titrated similarly in the presence of added chloride and fluoride. A fluoride-selective electrode is used to detect the end-points. Fluoride in the range 0.57–5.7 mg can be determined with a precision of about 0.3%. The other ions can be determined in the range 0.025–0.30 mmol with a precision of 0.5–1%.     

Characterization of the interactions in polymer-filler systems by inverse gas chromatography

Chromium is a primary drinking water contaminant in the USA with hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), being the most toxic form of the metal. As a required step in developing a revised state drinking water standard for chromium, the California Department of Health Services recently issued a new Public Health Goal (PHG) of 2.5 microg/l for total chromium and 0.2 microg/l for Cr(VI). Hexavalent chromium can be determined (as chromate) by ion chromatography, as described in US Evironmental Protection Agency Method 218.6; however, the method as originally published does not allow sufficient sensitivity for analysis at the California PHG level of 0.2 microg/l. Modification of the conditions described in Method 218.6, including the use of a lower eluent flow-rate, larger reaction coil, and larger injection volume, significantly increases the method sensitivity. The modified method, which uses IonPac NG1 and AS7 guard and analytical columns, an eluent of 250 mM ammonium sulfate-100 mM ammonium hydroxide operated at 1.0 ml/min, a 1000 microl injection volume, and postcolumn reaction with 2 mM diphenylcarbazide-10% methanol-0.5 M sulfuric acid (using a 750 microl reaction coil) followed by UV-Vis detection at 530 nm, permits a method detection limit for chromate of 0.02 microg/l. This results in a quantitation limit of 0.06 microg/l, which is more than sufficient for analysis at the California PHG level. Calibration is linear over the range of 0.1-10 microg/l and quantitative recoveries (>80%) are obtained for chromate spiked at 0.2 microg/l in drinking water. The modified method provides acceptable performance, in terms of chromate peak shape and recovery, in the presence of up to 1000 mg/l chloride or 2000 mg/l sulfate.     

水发食品中甲醛现场测定的样品快速前处理新方法研究

提出了一种用于现场测定水发食品中甲醛含量的样品快速前处理新方法,采用乙酸锌和亚铁氰化钾沉淀样品中的蛋白质和脂肪,在弱酸性介质和沸水浴条件下提取了样品中的甲醛,并与乙酰丙酮立即发生显色反应.研究了不同样品前处理方法对甲醛提取和测定的影响,探讨了水发食品中的甲醛本底值及其是否被人为添加甲醛的判断标准.此方法的特点是样品前处理与显色反应同时进行,在10min内即可完成对水发食品中甲醛含量的定量测定.     

Solid-phase extraction of the chromium(III)-diphenylcarbazone complex prior to ion-pair chromatography and application to geological samples

A method for the pre-treatment of acid samples prior to ion chromatography is described. In a strong acid medium, Cr(VI) oxidizes diphenylcarbazide, the resulting products forming a stable complex which can be transferred in a methanolic medium by solid-phase extraction using polyethylene as sorbent. This methanolic sample solution can be injected directly into a chromatographic system with a silica-based column. The separation and determination of the chromium complex can be performed by HPLC-using a mobile phase of 15% (v/v) acetonitrile containing 1 mmol/L tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide (TBAH). The detection limit is estimated to be 2 microg/L chromate and the linear range is at least 0.05-2 mg/L chromate.     

Removal of metal ions from aqueous solution by adsorption on the natural adsorbent CACMM2.

The adsorption of Cd2+, Cr3+, Cu2+, Fe3+, Ni2+, Pb2+ and Zn2+ from aqueous solution was used to study the sorption properties of the adsorbent CACMM2 extracted from a cactus. Quantitation of the cation concentrations was performed by HPLC with diode array detection using on-column complex formation with 8-hydroxyquinoline. Removal degree from 100 mg M(n+) l(-1) solutions followed the series: Cu>Cd>Fe>Ni>Cr>Zn. Henry and Freundlich constants were determined since adsorption did not reach saturation plateaux in the studied concentration interval. Sorption of chromium by CACMM2 was stronger than the sorption onto lignin, calcium oxalate and cellulose up to 1,000 mg Cr3+ l(-1). Copper and iron were desorbed to a greater extent, while lead adsorption was practically irreversible. CACMM2 was able to remove more than 83% of chromate in a freshly prepared and exhausted chromate commercial solution.     

Extraction with long-chain amines-II Extraction and colorimetric determination of chromate

Highly selective extraction of chromate from slightly acidic solutions (0.1-0.2M sulphuric acid) with a chloroform solution of trioctylamine (Alamine 336-S) or trioctylmethylammonium chloride Aliquat 336-S) is described. Many metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, alluminium, zinc, are not extracted, even if present in large concentrations. Coextraction of vanadium(V) and uranium(VI) is prevented by addition of sodium chloride. Traces of extracted molybdenum are scrubbed with ammonium oxalate. Final determination of chromium is based on measurement of the absorbance of the extract at 445-450 nm.     

Precipitation of zinc ammonium phosphate from homogeneous solution

Urea hydrolysis has been employed to raise the pH for homogeneous precipitation of zinc ammonium phosphate. From 30 to 100 mg of zinc can conveniently be determined by this technique (relative standard deviation 0.2% for 89 mg). The interference of nickel was minimized by using ammonium tartrate as masking agent, but copper could not be effectively masked with the same tartrate. Ammonium tartrate obtained from a different source was found to mask the copper more effectively. Investigations showed that the latter tartrate contained an appreciable amount of ammonium oxalate.     

Chromatographic separation of certain metal ions using a bifunctional quaternary ammonium-sulfonate mixed bed ion-exchanger

The separation behaviour of Pb(2+), Cu(2+), Cd(2+), Co(2+), Zn(2+) and Ni(2+) on bifunctional quaternary ammonium-sulfonate mixed ion-exchangers (Dionex, IonPac CS5 and CG5) was studied using different eluents including solutions of oxalic acid, potassium oxalate, sodium oxalate and ammonium oxalate. Separated metal ions were followed by using 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol (PAR) as post-colouring complex. The retention factors of different ions proved to be dependent on the pH, concentration, nature of each complexing agent, and to less extent on eluent flow rate. The retention behaviour and separation mechanism of complexed metal analytes are discussed in the light of the stability of metal complexes and the ligand complexing ability of used eluent. Comparison between various mobile phases is evaluated, and both sodium and potassium oxalate can be used successfully for simultaneous separation of studied metals with good resolution within short elution periods. The method can be used in different applications including analysis of bottled water from different resources.     

Use of chromium ferrocyanide membrane electrode in the potentiometric titration of ferrocyanide with metal ions

Membranes based on the inorganic ion-exchanger chromium ferrocyanide have been prepared, which exhibit linear response to ferrocyanide over the concentration range 10(-1)-10(-4)M. Although the electrode is not very specific for ferrocyanide, it can be used for potentiometric titration of metal ions with ferrocyanide ion or vice versa. Hg(2+), Th(6+), UO(2+)(2), Pb(2+), Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) have been determined in this way.     

A rapid complexometric scheme for analysis of iron, aluminium, calcium and magnesium in slags

A simple and rapid complexometric method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of iron, aluminium, calcium and magnesium in a single solution in slags. Phosphorous and small amounts of chromium (1.5 mg) and vanadium (1 mg) do not interfere in the titration. Titanium and manganese are suitably masked with lactic acid and tetra sodium pyrophosphate, respectively. In a suitable aliquot, iron is titrated at pH 2 with EDTA, using sulphosalicylic acid as indicator. To this solution, excess disodium 1,2-cyclohexane diamine tetra acetic acid (DCTA) is added and aluminium is titrated by titrating the excess DCTA with standard copper sulphate solution at pH 3.5, using 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) as an indicator. A known excess of EDTA is added, the pH is raised to 10 and calcium and magnesium are jointly titrated by titrating the excess EDTA with copper sulphate solution, using PAN indicator. The Ca-EDTA complex is demasked with ammonium oxalate at pH 5 and the released EDTA equivalent to calcium is titrated with copper sulphate solution at pH 10 with PAN indicator. Results of analysis compare favourably with certified values and values obtained by standard methods for BCS and other slags. A set of five samples can be analysed for iron, aluminium, calcium and magnesium in four hours as compared to three days by the classical conventional method.     

Effect of pressure on the radiation annealing of recoil atoms in chromates

The effect of pressure on the annealing of recoil atoms by gamma radiation in neutron irradiated potassium chromate, ammonium chromate and ammonium dichromate has been studied. In potassium chromate pressure applied before the gamma-irradiation was found to retard the radiation annealing process. In ammonium chromate and ammonium dichromate the radiation annealing was found to be enhanced in the compressed samples in comparison to the noncopmressed ones.     

Solid-phase extraction of the chromium(III)-diphenylcarbazone complex prior to ion-pair chromatography and application to geological samples

A method for the pre-treatment of acid samples prior to ion chromatography is described. In a strong acid medium, Cr(VI) oxidizes diphenylcarbazide, the resulting products forming a stable complex which can be transferred in a methanolic medium by solid-phase extraction using polyethylene as sorbent. This methanolic sample solution can be injected directly into a chromatographic system with a silica-based column. The separation and determination of the chromium complex can be performed by HPLC-using a mobile phase of 15% (v/v) acetonitrile containing 1 mmol/L tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide (TBAH). The detection limit is estimated to be 2 g/L chromate and the linear range is at least 0.05–2 mg/L chromate.     

Reproducible and efficient separation of aggregatable zein proteins by CZE using a volatile background electrolyte

Zein proteins are a complex mixture of polypetides that belong to the alcohol-soluble storage proteins group (prolamines) in corn. These proteins constitute about 50-60% of the total endosperm protein and are classified in different groups on the basis of differences in their solubility and sequence. Among them, zein proteins are considered the majority group showing a high tendency to aggregate what makes their analysis by any analytical method very difficult. Thus, CZE of these proteins requires the use of very complex BGEs noncompatible with online ESI-MS analysis. The aim of this work was to find a new BGE for the CZE separation of zein protein fully compatible with ESI-MS while providing further light on the complex CZE separation of aggregatable proteins. Thus, it is demonstrated in this work that efficient and reproducible CZE separations of zein proteins can be achieved by using a BGE composed of water, ACN, formic acid and ammonium hydroxide. Besides, it is shown that zein analysis is significantly improved by including the effect of an ammonium gradient during their separation. It is experimentally verified that the ammonium gradient can easily be achieved in CZE by either working with a sample zone with a low concentration of ammonium and a BGE with a high concentration, or conversely, working with a sample zone with high ammonium concentration and a BGE with low concentration of ammonium, giving rise in both cases to a significant improvement in the CZE separation of these proteins. It is demonstrated that this procedure can give rise to efficiency improvements of up to 20-fold in the CZE separation of zein proteins. Under optimized conditions, 20 proteins could be separated with average efficiencies higher than 400 000 theoretical plates/m. Some possible explanations of this effect are discussed including stacking, protein-capillary wall adsorption, protein solubility and protein-salt interactions.     

β-/γ-环糊精与Gemini草酸酯季铵盐的相互作用

本文对新合成的双子草酸酯季铵盐表面活性剂以表面张力法测定了25～45℃范围内的临界胶束浓度(0.6698～0.6099mmol·L-1),并计算了胶束形成的相关热力学参数ΔGm0、ΔHm0、ΔSm0.对其与β-,γ-环糊精(β-,γ-CD)的包结作用进行了研究.β-环糊精与双子草酸酯季铵盐表面活性剂的主客体包结物包结比主要为2:1.实验结果表明,环糊精对双子草酸酯季铵盐的胶束化有显著影响.由于双子草酸酯季铵盐的水链被环糊精的空腔包裹,削弱了其胶束生成的能力,使溶液的表面张力随环糊精浓度的增加而大大增加.     

Symmetric electrochemical supercapacitor performance evaluation of N-doped graphene prepared via supercritical fluid processing

Here, the fast and shorter duration synthesis route was proposed for the production of N-doped graphene by supercritical fluid method involving ammonium oxalate as a source of nitrogen. Within the different proportions of graphene oxide and nitrogen source, the nitrogen-doped graphene formed from ammonium oxalate having nitrogen content of 3.3 wt% showed an enriched specific capacitance of 274 Fg^?1 at 1 A/g in 20% KOH electrolyte. The long-term stability results obtained from galvanostatic charge-discharge in ammonium oxalate-based N-doped graphene revealed that 90% specific capacitance retention was achieved up to 10,000 cycles at 10 A/g. To examine the device proficiency, a full cell was fabricated and the performance was evaluated in two different approaches. Among the different media in aqueous electrolytes, the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor has achieved a maximum specific capacitance value of 160 F/g at 1 A/g in alkaline medium (20% KOH solution). Between 20% KOH solution and 1 M NaClO₄ solution in acetonitrile, the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor exhibits an energy density of 26.5 Wh/kg as well as 5.5 Wh/kg in 1 M sodium perchlorate in acetonitrile solution and 20% KOH solution, respectively.     

离子色谱测定农用硫酸铵中4种杂质阴离子

建立了离子色谱法同时测定农用硫酸铵中氟、氯、溴、硫氰酸盐的分析方法。样品经水提取,Ba离子柱净化后,离子色谱法测定。4种阴离子浓度在各自线性范围内与相应峰面积呈线性关系,相关系数r＞0.999,加标回收率为80.23%～111.50%,精密度（RSD）为0.62%~9.08%。称样量为0.1g时,氟、氯的方法检出限为10mg/kg;溴、硫氰酸盐方法检出限为20mg/kg。该方法样品前处理简单、快捷,重复性及回收率均能达到检测分析要求,可以应用于农用硫酸铵中杂质阴离子的检测。     

Simultaneous determination of low concentrations of ammonium and potassium ions by capillary type isotachophoresis

Low concentrations of ammonium and potassium ions (<2.0 mg/l.) were determined simultaneously by capillary type isotachophoresis based on the interaction between potassium and 18-crown-6 in the aqueous leading electrolyte. The PU value of potassium ion increased with increasing concentration of 18-crown-6 up to 3mM, whereas that of the ammonium ion remained almost constant. Thus complete separation of ammonium and potassium ions could be obtained by using 1-3mM 18-crown-6. The error in the analysis of mixtures containing ammonium and potassium ions (250-mul sample injection) was less than +/- 20% with a leading electrolyte containing 3mM 18-crown-6. The analysis time was 18 min.     

铜(II)-铬(VI)复合均匀胶体粒子的制备

报导在尿素存在下通过均相沉淀法由硝酸铜和重铬酸铵制备复合均匀胶体粒子的结果．研究了一些实验参数对其组成、形态和粒子大小的影响．确定了胶体粒子的制备条件．结果观测到，由硝酸铜和重铬酸铵溶液形成了球形的多刺的粒子，它的组成为水含铅酸铜．     

Bacterial Reduction of Chromium

A mixed culture was enriched from surface soil obtained from an eastern United States site highly contaminated with chromate. Growth of the culture was inhibited by a chromium concentration of 12 mg/L. Another mixed culture was enriched from subsurface soil obtained from the Hanford reservation, at the fringe of a chromate plume. The enrichment medium was minimal salts solution augmented with acetate as the carbon source, nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor, and various levels of chromate. This mixed culture exhibited chromate tolerance, but not chromate reduction capability, when growing anaerobically on this medium. However, this culture did exhibit chromate reduction capability when growing anaerobically on TSB. Growth of this culture was not inhibited by a chromium concentration of 12 mg/L. Mixed cultures exhibited decreasing diversity with increasing levels of chromate in the enrichment medium. An in situ bioremediation strategy is suggested for chromate contaminated soil and groundwater.