Titanium determination by multisyringe flow injection analysis system and a liquid waveguide capillary cell in solid and liquid environmental samples
2013
Sánchez-Quiles, David | Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio | Horstkotte, Burkhard
A multisyringe flow injection analysis system using a liquid waveguide capillary cell (MSFIA-LWCC) has been used for the spectrophotometric determination of titanium (Ti) in marine environmental samples. Samples were previous digested using potassium peroxodisulfate (K2S2O8). The method showed to be linear over a range up to 1μM with a detection limit of 9.2nM. The analysis consumes little reagent (250μL) and sample (600μL). It had an adequate accuracy with high repeatability (RSD of 1.8%) for all marine samples. The proposed method was used to evaluate the concentration of Ti in natural samples collected in the coastal area of the Majorca Island (Western Mediterranean Sea). We report average concentrations of Ti in coastal surface microlayer of 510.7±267.2nM, in surface sediments of 2.72±1.84μmol/g, and in rhizomes and leaves of Posidonia oceanica of 310±295nmol/g and 157±132nmol/g, respectively. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Show more [+] Less [-]This work was supported by the ISUMAR project (CTM2011-22645) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. We thank M. Makhani for assistance and J.F. González (SCT – UIB) for technical assistance. D.S.-Q. was supported by the JAE-predoc program of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). B.H. was supported by JAEDOC 2008 program (CSIC).
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