Determination of phosphorous and sulfur in environmental samples by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. 2004

Yasuaki Okamoto, and Kouichirou Kanda, and Satoru Kishiwada, and Terufumi Fujiwara
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamnivama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8526, Japan. yasuaki.okamoto@sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

From the viewpoint of selective introduction of the analyte from its solvent and matrices, electrothermal vaporization (ETV) is useful for the sample introduction into the inductively coupled plasma (ICP). By using a tungsten boat furnace (TBF) vaporizer system, the loss of analyte phosphorus, which normally occurs during the drying and ashing stages, is suppressed. The phosphate ion is reacted with the tungsten supplied from the surface of the TBF to form stable tungsten phosphate species. Regarding the determination of sulfur, additional chemical modifiers such as copper(II), lead(II), etc., are necessary to retain the analyte on the TBF. The furnace-fusion (FF) method or wet-digestion technique on the TBF is applied to unify the chemical forms of the analytes. Various oxidative and reductive inorganic compounds as well as organic compounds of phosphorus and sulfur show the same sensitivities after the FF digestion with hydrogen peroxide. The detection limits are 1.5 ng and 0.12 ng for phosphorous and sulfur, respectively. The repeatabilities in terms of the relative standard deviations of 10 replicate measurements of phosphorus and sulfur are 4.2% and 2.0%, respectively. Finally, the established method is applied to the determination of several environmental waters.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010758 Phosphorus A non-metal element that has the atomic symbol P, atomic number 15, and atomic weight 31. It is an essential element that takes part in a broad variety of biochemical reactions. Black Phosphorus,Phosphorus-31,Red Phosphorus,White Phosphorus,Yellow Phosphorus,Phosphorus 31,Phosphorus, Black,Phosphorus, Red,Phosphorus, White,Phosphorus, Yellow
D004563 Electrochemistry The study of chemical changes resulting from electrical action and electrical activity resulting from chemical changes. Electrochemistries
D004784 Environmental Monitoring The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment. Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D004785 Environmental Pollutants Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS. Environmental Pollutant,Pollutant,Pollutants,Pollutants, Environmental,Pollutant, Environmental
D005740 Gases The vapor state of matter; nonelastic fluids in which the molecules are in free movement and their mean positions far apart. Gases tend to expand indefinitely, to diffuse and mix readily with other gases, to have definite relations of volume, temperature, and pressure, and to condense or liquefy at low temperatures or under sufficient pressure. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D013054 Spectrophotometry, Atomic Spectrophotometric techniques by which the absorption or emmision spectra of radiation from atoms are produced and analyzed. Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption,AA Spectrophotometry,AE Spectrophotometry,Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry,Atomic Emission Spectrophotometry,Atomic Spectrophotometry,Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrophotometry,Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy,Spectrophotometry, Atomic Emission,AA Spectrophotometries,AE Spectrophotometries,Absorption Spectrophotometry, Atomic,Emission Spectrophotometry, Atomic,Spectrophotometries, AA,Spectrophotometries, AE,Spectrophotometry, AA,Spectrophotometry, AE
D013455 Sulfur An element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has an atomic symbol S, atomic number 16, and atomic weight [32.059; 32.076]. It is found in the amino acids cysteine and methionine. Sulfur-16,Sulfur 16
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water

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