PMID- 37595527 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230913 IS - 1873-3573 (Electronic) IS - 0039-9140 (Linking) VI - 266 IP - Pt 2 DP - 2024 Jan 1 TI - Shipboard determination of arsenite and total dissolved inorganic arsenic in estuarine and coastal waters with an automated on-site-applicable atomic fluorescence spectrometer. PG - 125082 LID - S0039-9140(23)00833-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125082 [doi] AB - The speciation of trace level arsenic (As) in estuarine and coastal waters is crucial for both biogeochemical and toxicological studies of this toxic metalloid. However, the accurate and on-site determination of As in complex seawater matrices is challenging because of the low concentration of As, the easy conversion of arsenite (As(III)) to arsenate (As(V)), and the considerable effect of salinity on the determination of As via conventional methods. In this study, a custom-made shipboard atomic fluorescence spectrometer (AFS) is reported for the on-site speciation of inorganic As in estuarine and coastal waters. After comprehensive optimization of the instrumental and chemical parameters, the method demonstrated high sensitivity (limits of detection: 0.02 mug L(-1)), good linearity (R(2) > 0.999 for all calibration curves up to 8 mug L(-1)), high precision (relative standard deviations (RSDs) of less than 2% at 1 mug L(-1) over a year-long evaluation), and excellent performance for sample analysis for different matrices with varying salinities (recoveries: 96.3%-105.3%). The portable and field-applicable AFS was successfully applied to the on-site and shipboard simultaneous determination of As(III) and total dissolved inorganic arsenic (TDIAs) in the coastal waters of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong province of China, demonstrating its robustness and applicability in harsh conditions. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Bo, Guangyong AU - Bo G AD - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China. FAU - Fang, Tengyue AU - Fang T AD - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Luodan AU - Chen L AD - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gong, Zhenbin AU - Gong Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ma, Jian AU - Ma J AD - State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, People's Republic of China; National Observation and Research Station for the Taiwan Strait Marine Ecosystem, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, 363000, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: jma@xmu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230815 PL - Netherlands TA - Talanta JT - Talanta JID - 2984816R SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biogeochemistry OT - On-site determination OT - Portable instrument OT - Salinity effect OT - Speciation analysis COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/08/19 11:42 MHDA- 2023/08/19 11:43 CRDT- 2023/08/18 18:09 PHST- 2023/05/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/19 11:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/19 11:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/18 18:09 [entrez] AID - S0039-9140(23)00833-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125082 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Talanta. 2024 Jan 1;266(Pt 2):125082. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125082. Epub 2023 Aug 15.