PMID- 17904192 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080603 LR - 20201209 IS - 0043-1354 (Print) IS - 0043-1354 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 4-5 DP - 2008 Feb TI - Simultaneous speciation of inorganic selenium and antimony in water samples by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry following selective cloud point extraction. PG - 1195-203 AB - A new method was developed for the simultaneous speciation of inorganic selenium and antimony in water by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ETV-ICP-MS) following selective cloud point extraction (CPE). The method is based on the fact that Se(IV) and Sb(III) could form complexes with diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) at pH 6.00, and the complexes were quantitatively extracted into the non-ionic surfactant-rich phase of octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol (Triton X-114), whereas the Se(VI) and Sb(V) remained as free species in aqueous solutions. Sb(III) and Se(IV) in concentrate were determined by ETV-ICP-MS after proper disposal. The total Se and total Sb were determined by the same protocol after Se(VI) and Sb(V) were reduced by l-cysteine, and Se(VI) and Sb(V) concentrations were obtained by respectively subtracting Se(IV) and Sb(III) from the total Se and the total Sb. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection (LODs) were 0.05 microg L(-1) for Se(IV) and 0.03 microg L(-1) for Sb(III), the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 3.5% for Se(IV) and 4.2% for Sb(III) (C=1.00 microg L(-1), n=5). The proposed method was applied to the speciation of inorganic selenium and antimony in different water samples with satisfactory results. FAU - Li, Yingjie AU - Li Y AD - Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. yxpl20100@eyou.com FAU - Hu, Bin AU - Hu B FAU - He, Man AU - He M FAU - Xiang, Guoqiang AU - Xiang G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070911 PL - England TA - Water Res JT - Water research JID - 0105072 RN - 0 (Chelating Agents) RN - 0 (Surface-Active Agents) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 9002-93-1 (Octoxynol) RN - 9036-19-5 (Nonidet P-40) RN - 99Z2744345 (Ditiocarb) RN - 9IT35J3UV3 (Antimony) RN - H6241UJ22B (Selenium) SB - IM MH - Antimony/*analysis/chemistry MH - Chelating Agents/chemistry MH - Ditiocarb/chemistry MH - Electrochemistry MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Octoxynol MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Selenium/*analysis/chemistry MH - Surface-Active Agents/chemistry MH - Volatilization MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/chemistry EDAT- 2007/10/02 09:00 MHDA- 2008/06/05 09:00 CRDT- 2007/10/02 09:00 PHST- 2006/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/08/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/06/05 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/10/02 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0043-1354(07)00586-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.watres.2007.09.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Water Res. 2008 Feb;42(4-5):1195-203. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.09.002. Epub 2007 Sep 11.