On-line sample-pre-treatment schemes for trace-level determinations of metals by coupling flow injection or sequential injection with ICP-MS

Within the last decade, the first generation of flow injection (FI) has been supplemented by sequential injection (SI), also termed the second generation, and, recently, by the third generation, i.e., SI-Lab-on-Valve (SI-LOV). As apparent from the literature, FI and/or SI have become dominant as substitutes for labor-intensive, manual, sample-pre-treatment and/or solution-handling procedures prior to analyte detection by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The present review presents and discusses the progress of the state of the art in implementing miniaturized FI/SI systems for on-line matrix separation and pre-concentration of trace levels of metals with detection by ICP-MS. It highlights some of the frequently applied on-line, sample-pre-treatment schemes, including solid phase extraction (SPE), on-wall molecular sorption and precipitate/(co)-precipitate retention using a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) knotted reactor (KR), solvent extraction-back extraction and hydride/vapor generation. It also addresses a novel, robust approach, whereby the protocol of SI-LOV-bead injection (BI) on-line separation and pre-concentration of ultra-trace levels of metals by a renewable microcolumn is interfaced to ICP-MS, as conducted in the present authors' group. It discusses the future outlook in this field.     

Determination of sulfur and selected trace elements in metallothionein-like proteins using capillary electrophoresis hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with an octopole reaction cell

The determination of sulfur in biologically relevant samples such as metalloproteins is described. The analytical methodology used is based on robust on-line coupling between capillary electrophoresis (CE) and octopole reaction cell inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ORC–ICP–MS). Polyatomic ions that form in the plasma and interfere with the determination of S at mass 32 are minimised by addition of xenon to the collision cell. The method has been applied to the separation and simultaneous element-specific detection of sulfur, cadmium, copper, and zinc in commercially available metallothionein preparations (MT) and metallothionein-like proteins (MLP) extracted from liver samples of bream (Abramis brama L.) caught in the river Elbe, Germany. Instrumental detection limits have been calculated according to the German standard procedure DIN 32645 for the determination of sulfur and some simultaneously measured trace elements in aqueous solution. For sulfur detection limits down to 1.3 g L^–1 (³⁴S) and 3.2 g L^–1 (³²S) were derived. For the other trace elements determined simultaneously detection limits ranging from 300 ng L^–1 (⁵⁸Ni) to 500 ng L^–1 (⁶⁶Zn, ⁵⁵Mn) were achieved. For quantification of sulfur and cadmium in a commercially available MT preparation under hyphenated conditions the use of external calibration is suggested. Finally, the need for proper sample-preparation technique will be discussed.     

掺Cu对MoO3-TiO2/SiO2上光促甲烷和水表面反应的影响

 在固定床环隙反应器中,借助紫外光的激发,气相甲烷和水在MoO3-TiO2/SiO2催化剂表面生成了甲醇和氢气,当在催化剂中掺杂Cu2+后,光催化剂的活性明显提高. XRD,IR,UVDRS和TPD的研究结果表明,在催化剂表面形成了具有Mo-O-Ti和Mo-O-Cu基元的高度分散物种,不但使得吸光带边明显蓝移,而且扩展了催化剂的光响应范围. 所形成的复合结构还可以优化单组分的吸光性能并促进对反应物分子的吸附活化,同时可以有效地转移光生电子和空穴. 掺杂Cu2+能够进一步延长光生电子-空穴对的寿命,进而提高反应的量子产率.     

氟化铵快速分解－电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定地球化学样品中的稀土元素

测定地球化学样品中的微量稀土元素常用混酸分解法或碱熔融法,这些常规方法往往存在耗费试剂量多、基体效应大、操作周期长等缺点。本文采用氟化铵作熔剂,在旋盖聚四氟乙烯坩埚中220℃熔融样品,后采用2毫升硝酸和0.5毫升高氯酸、硫酸（1+1）在电热板上继续分解,建立了氟化铵分解 －电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定岩石、土壤和水系沉积物中15种微量稀土元素的分析方法。本方法能快速、有效地分解样品,经三种国家标准物质验证（岩石、土壤、水系沉积物）,方法的准确度ΔlgC在0.001～0.02之间,测定值与认定值相符。方法检出限为0.001～0.04μg／g之间,精密度RSD%在1.11％ ～4.85％之间,能够满足微量稀土元素的分析要求,方法具有简单快捷、消耗试剂少、检出限低、精密度与准确度好等特点,适合于地球化学等地质样品微量稀土元素的批量快速分析测定。     

Mass Spectrometric Observation of Doubly Charged Alkaline‐Earth Argon Ions

Doubly charged diatomic ions MAr²⁺ where M=Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba have been observed by mass spectrometry with an inductively coupled plasma ion source. Abundance ratios are quite high, 0.1 % for MgAr²⁺, 0.4 % for CaAr²⁺, 0.2 % for SrAr²⁺ and 0.1 % for BaAr²⁺ relative to the corresponding doubly charged atomic ions M²⁺. It is assumed that these molecular ions are formed through reactions of the doubly charged metal ions with neutral argon atoms within the ion source. Bond dissociation energies (D₀) were calculated and agree well with previously published values. The abundance ratios MAr⁺/M⁺ and MAr²⁺/M²⁺ generally follow the predicted bond dissociation energies with the exception of MgAr²⁺. Mg²⁺ should form the strongest bond with Ar [D₀ (MgAr²⁺)=124 to 130 kJ mol^?1] but its relative abundance is similar to that of the weakest bound BaAr²⁺ (D₀=34 to 42 kJ mol^?1). The relative abundances of the various MAr²⁺ ions are higher than those expected from an argon plasma at T=6000 K, indicating that collisions during ion extraction reduce the abundance of the MAr²⁺ ions relative to the composition in the source. The corresponding singly charged MAr⁺ ions are also observed but occur at about three orders of magnitude lower intensity than MAr²⁺.     

不同基体改进剂对电感耦合等离子体质谱法测量血清中甲胎蛋白的影响

血清中甲胎蛋白(AFP)的准确测量对于癌症的临床诊断和治疗具有重要意义.电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)具有灵敏度高、检出限低、多元素同时检测等优点,但用于血清中低丰度蛋白的检测时,检出限常不及荧光检测法,因此,提高ICP-MS免疫分析测量低丰度蛋白质时的灵敏度具有重要意义.本研究发现,增强液能很大程度增加Eu信号强度,选取醋酸、醇类、EDTA三类有机试剂模拟增强液来探索增强机理.结果表明:酸性体系能增加目标元素在基体中的稳定性,减少其在管壁的吸附;碳原子或分子容易接受电子提高Eu的电离效率;EDTA能与金属离子结合,减少吸附,但同时EDTA与其它金属结合引入更多的干扰,从而使空白信号增大,5％ HAc既能满足酸性要求也能满足含碳量要求,作为基体时铕的灵敏度最高,同时也不影响空白信号.因此选择5％ HAc作为解离液,并应用于人血清中甲胎蛋白含量的测定,线性范围为1～600 μg/L,检出限为0.57 μg/L,采用基体改进ICP-MS测量人血清中AFP的含量与TRFIA测量结果一致,且精密度要优于TRFIA的测量结果.     

求解力电耦合方程的控制弧长法

静电作用下的柔性薄板是微电机械的核心部件,其控制方程是变形控制方程和静电平衡方程构成的一组非线性耦合方程.本文在分别给出求解这两组方程数值方法的基础上,把控制弧长法进行了合理的推广,变直接加载电压为由构型控制的电压加载方式.结果表明这种方法不仅能够克服收敛性难的问题,而且能够得到致动板吸入失稳后的构形.算例还表明用本方法计算的吸入临界值要比用解析模型得到的临界值更接近实验值.     

天文观测相机低噪声CCD视频处理电路的分析与设计

在讨论天文观测相机低噪声视频处理电路的基础上,对前置放大、差分放大、可编程增益放大、相关双采样及16bit模数转换等关键组成部分进行了分析,给出各组成部分的设计方法。对所设计的低噪声视频处理电路进行了PSPICE仿真和实验测试,仿真和实验结果表明,该视频处理电路在本身引入噪声较小的同时,有效地抑制了CCD的复位噪声和1/f等低频噪声,使天文观测相机的整机噪声<15e-,达到了指标要求。     

酶提取-单颗粒电感耦合等离子质谱法分析樱桃番茄纳米银颗粒及其吸收规律研究

为探究复合保鲜涂膜中AgNPs的迁移情况,采用酶提取的前处理方式,结合单颗粒电感耦合等离子体质谱（SP-ICP-MS）,考察了前处理方式、驻留时间、校准方式以及Ag+浓度等条件对AgNPs准确测定的影响。结果表明：0.1 g樱桃番茄样品在柠檬酸盐体系下使用0.2 g的R-10离析酶可达到消解最适酶剂量;当驻留时间小于100 μs时,测定结果有较好的积分条件以及较高的信背比;采用AgNP尺寸方式进行校准比单独用Ag+标准溶液校准方式的颗粒尺寸测定结果更加准确。采用该方法测定樱桃番茄中加标AgNPs颗粒回收率达到88.9%,粒径实测值为47.8±0.3 nm,粒径检出限为13 nm,颗粒浓度检出限为 7.5×104 particles/L。通过将樱桃番茄暴露于AgNPs涂膜中来探究AgNPs迁移行为,复合保鲜涂膜后的樱桃番茄通过三次洗涤后能够在表面去除大部分AgNPs,但仍有少量AgNPs穿过果表皮浸入果肉组织。该方法灵敏度高,操作简单,能够为揭示AgNPs在农产品及农业生产中的风险提供可靠、准确的表征方法。