Fluorometric Determination of Al in Seawater by Flow Injection Analysis with In-Line Preconcentration
Fluorometric Determination of Al in Seawater by Flow Injection Analysis with In-Line Preconcentration
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在线富集流动注射分析荧光法测定海水中的铝
DOI:
10.1021/ac00094a039
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
C. Measures
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Resing;C. Measures
A highly sensitive method for the shipboard determination of Al in seawater by flow injection analysis (FLA) has been developed. The method employs in-line preconcentration of Al onto a column of resin-immobilized 8-hydroxyquinoline. The Al is subsequently eluted into the FLA system from the resin with acidified seawater. The eluted Al reacts with Iumogallion to form a chelate, which is detected by its fluorescence. The fluorescence is enhanced~ 5-fold by the addition of a micelleforming detergent, Brij-35. The methodhas a detection limit of~ 0.15 nM and a precision of 1.7% at 2.4 nM. The method has a cycle time of~ 3 min and can be readily automated. The speed, ease of use, and relative freedom from contamination artifacts makes this method ideal for shipboard determination of Al in seawater.In oceanography, as in many other fields, the rate at which the fundamental understanding of the field advances is closely linked to the rate at which the analytical toolsused to probe the system develop. In chemical oceanography, the distributions of reactive trace elements are particularly useful since their short residence times confine them to their input regions, making them valuable tracers of oceanic input processes. The distribution of Al in the surface waters of the oceans is particularly informative in this respect. Despite being the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust (8.2%), oceanic Al concentrations are extremely low. Thus, its surface water distribution can be used to identify the location and magnitude of inputs of continentally derived dusts to the ocean. To mapthese distributions on a large scale requires the development of analyticalmethodology that is sensitive, precise, rapid, and operable under the adverse conditions prevalent on board research vessels. We report here a method for the shipboard determination of Al that meets these