Determination of rare earth elements in seawater by on-line column preconcentration inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Hirata Shizuko Kajiya Tasuku Aihara Masato Honda Kazuto Shikino Osamu |
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Institution: | a National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Chugoku, 2-2-2 Hiro-Suehiro Kure-shi, Hiroshima 737-0197, Japan b Kinki University, 1 Takaya-Uminobe, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan c Perkin Elmer Japan Co., Ltd., 5-3, Toyotsu, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-0051, Japan |
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Abstract: | A home made column of commercially available iminodiacetate resin, Muromac A-1 (50–100 mesh) was used to concentrate rare earth elements (REEs) (15 elements: Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) in seawater. An automated low pressure flow analysis method with on-line column preconcentration/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is described for the determination of REEs in seawater. Sample solutions (adjusted to pH of 3.0) passed through the column. After washing the column with water, the adsorbed elements were subsequently eluted into the plasma with 0.7 M nitric acid. Calibration curves were accomplished by means of purified artificial seawater with a sample loading time of 120 s. Detection limits (DLs) of the on-line column preconcentration/ICP-MS by eight replicate operations were between 0.040 and 0.251 pg ml?1 for REEs in the artificial seawater. The precision was less than 8.9% for REEs and one sample can be processed in 7 min using a 7 ml of sample. The proposed method was applied to determine REEs in coastal seawater of Hiroshima Bay, Japan. |
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Keywords: | Rare earth elements Seawater Muromac A-1 ICP-MS On-line column preconcentration |
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