Speciation analysis of inorganic arsenic in river water by Amberlite IRA 910 resin immobilized in a polyacrylamide gel as a selective binding agent for As(v) in diffusive gradient thin film technique

The Analyst ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 139 (17) ◽  
pp. 4373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. C. M. Rolisola ◽  
Carlos A. Suárez ◽  
Amauri A. Menegário ◽  
Didier Gastmans ◽  
Chang H. Kiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
River Water ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Speciation Analysis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Binding Agent ◽  
Selective Binding ◽  
Thin Film Technique

New Diffusive Gradients in a Thin Film Technique for Measuring Inorganic Arsenic and Selenium(IV) Using a Titanium Dioxide Based Adsorbent

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (17) ◽  
pp. 7401-7407 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Bennett ◽  
Peter R. Teasdale ◽  
Jared G. Panther ◽  
David T. Welsh ◽  
Dianne F. Jolley
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Thin Film Technique ◽  
Diffusive Gradients

scholarly journals A Novel Thin-Film Technique to Improve Accuracy of Fluorescence-Based Estimates for Periphytic Biofilms

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1464
Author(s):  
Leon Katona ◽  
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur ◽  
Christopher T. Nietch ◽  
Katie Hossler
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Light Attenuation ◽  
Pulse Amplitude ◽  
Light Signal ◽  
Photosynthetic Parameters ◽  
Pam Fluorometry ◽  
Attenuation Coefficients ◽  
Thin Film Technique ◽  
Relative Errors

Recent studies suggest that photophysiological parameters for intact substrates with depth (e.g., periphytic biofilms, microphytobenthos) are overestimated by pulse-amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. This overestimation results from depth-integration effects, following the activation of deeper photosynthesizing layers by an attenuated light signal. To mitigate this error, we propose a novel slide-based thin-film technique in which fluorescence is measured on a vertically representative subsample of the biofilm, spread evenly on a microscope slide. We compared bias and precision for photosynthetic parameters estimated through conventional PAM fluorometry on intact biofilms and through our novel slide-based technique, both theoretically and empirically. Numerical simulations confirmed the consistent overestimation of key parameters for intact biofilms, with relative errors up to 145%, compared to, at most, 52% on thin films. Paired empirical observations likewise demonstrated that estimates based on intact biofilms were consistently higher (up to 248%, p<0.001) than estimates from thin films. Numerical simulation suggested greater precision with the slide-based technique for homogeneous biofilms, but potentially less precision for heterogeneous biofilms with improper subsampling. Our empirical comparison, however, demonstrated some improvement in precision with the slide-based technique (e.g., the coefficient of variation for the maximum electron transport rate was reduced 30%, p=0.009). We recommend the use of the slide-based technique, particularly for biofilms that are thick or have small light attenuation coefficients. Care should be taken, however, to obtain vertically representative subsamples of the biofilm for measurement.

scholarly journals Aqueous Extraction of Water-soluble Inorganic Arsenic in Marine Algae for Speciation Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 773-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro NARUKAWA ◽  
Akiharu HIOKI ◽  
Koichi CHIBA
Keyword(s):  
Marine Algae ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Speciation Analysis ◽  
Aqueous Extraction ◽  
Water Soluble

Contribution of organic arsenic species to total arsenic measurements using ferrihydrite-backed diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT)

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heléne Österlund ◽  
Mikko Faarinen ◽  
Johan Ingri ◽  
Douglas C. Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Natural Waters ◽  
Arsenic Speciation ◽  
Inorganic Arsenic ◽  
Speciation Analysis ◽  
Arsenic Species ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Organic Arsenic ◽  
Arsenic Determination ◽  
Diffusive Gradients

Environmental contextBoth the mobility and toxicity of arsenic in natural waters are related to the aqueous species distribution. Passive sampling using ferrihydrite-backed diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) devices has in previous studies been characterised to measure labile inorganic arsenic, and the possible contribution of organic species has been disregarded. This study shows that the two most prevalent organic arsenic species might be included in DGT measurements, which should be taken into consideration when evaluating DGT data in future studies. AbstractIn previous publications discussing arsenic determination using ferrihydrite-backed diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) devices, organic arsenic forms have been disregarded, even though it is known that the two most prevalent in natural waters, dimethylarsinate (DMA) and monomethylarsonate (MMA), may adsorb to ferrihydrite and thereby be included in the measurement. In this work the accumulation of DMA and MMA, as well as inorganic arsenite and arsenate, to ferrihydrite-backed DGT devices was investigated. It could be demonstrated that MMA, and under acidic conditions also DMA, adsorbed to the binding layer and might therefore contribute to the total mass of measured arsenic. Diffusion coefficients were measured for all four species to enable quantification of DGT-labile concentrations of organic and inorganic arsenic. Elution of the analytes from the ferrihydrite binding layer was performed using 1 mL of 1 M NaOH to facilitate arsenic speciation analysis using chromatographic separation. Average recovery rates were between 87 and 108 %. This study shows that the contribution of DMA and MMA to the total accumulated mass must be taken into consideration when evaluating DGT data in future studies.

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