Initial applications of phospholipid-coated mercury electrodes to the determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic micropollutants in aqueous systems
Initial applications of phospholipid-coated mercury electrodes to the determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and other organic micropollutants in aqueous systems
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磷脂涂层汞电极在水系统中多核芳烃和其他有机微污染物测定中的初步应用
DOI:
10.1016/s0003-2670(00)80781-3
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
J. Readman
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作者:
A. Nelson;N. Auffret;J. Readman
Mercury electrodes coated with di-oleoyl lecithin are described for the determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other micropollutants in aqueous solutions. The coated electrodes give a characteristic response in the capacitance/voltage curve to three-, four- and five- ring PAHs. The extent of the negative potential shift in the reversible capacitance peaks (and thus sensitivity) is related to the number of aromatic rings and substituents on the PAH. The capacitance/voltage curves were recorded by phase-sensitive a.c. voltammetry. The response is quantitatively related to the concentration of PAH in solution. Detection limits are about 0.4 μg l−1and the reproducibility (RSD) for separate samples is 7%. Intercalibration of the method with fluorescence spectrophotometry of pyrene-spiked sea-water samples, showed recoveries of 80%. The analytical system is useful for sea water and tap water. Bovine serum albumin (1 mg l−1) enhances the sensitivity to pyrene. The monolayer is sensitive to oil-contaminated waters ( > 40 μg l−1). The capacitance peaks respond selectively to other groups of compounds and to individual compounds within a group. The monolayer appears highly sensitive to the solution behaviour of PAHs because only soluble unbound PAHs penetrate the monolayer. Humic acid added to the solution decreases the response to PAH presumably by binding a fraction of PAH in the solution.