Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation

Flow-through stripping chronopotentiometry with a gold wire electrode was used for the determination of total arsenic and cadmium in cadmium sulphate solutions for cadmium production. The analysis is based on the online separation of arsenic as arsenate anion from cadmium cations by means of a catio...

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Main Authors: Frantisek Cacho, Lukas Lauko, Alena Manova, Jan Dzurov, Ernest Beinrohr
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/814983
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description Flow-through stripping chronopotentiometry with a gold wire electrode was used for the determination of total arsenic and cadmium in cadmium sulphate solutions for cadmium production. The analysis is based on the online separation of arsenic as arsenate anion from cadmium cations by means of a cation exchanger. On measuring arsenate in the effluent, the trapped cadmium is eluted by sodium chloride solution and determined in a small segment of the effluent by making use of the same electrode. The elaborated protocol enables a full automatic measurement of both species in the same sample solution. The accuracy of the results was confirmed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The LOD and LOQ for Arsenic were found to be 0.9 μg dm-3 and 2.7 μg dm-3, respectively. A linear response range was observed in the concentration range of 1 to 300 μg dm-3 for sample volumes of 4 mL. The repeatability and reproducibility were found to be 2.9% and 5.2%, respectively. The linear response range for cadmium was found to be 0.5 to 60 g/L. The method was tested on samples from a cadmium production plant.
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spelling doaj-art-1d79bc558b38476b8542cc6539bc62f52025-08-20T02:01:40ZengWileyJournal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry2090-88652090-88732012-01-01201210.1155/2012/814983814983Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger SeparationFrantisek Cacho0Lukas Lauko1Alena Manova2Jan Dzurov3Ernest Beinrohr4Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, SlovakiaIstran Ltd., Zitna 42, 831 06 Bratislava, SlovakiaInstitute of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, SlovakiaFlow-through stripping chronopotentiometry with a gold wire electrode was used for the determination of total arsenic and cadmium in cadmium sulphate solutions for cadmium production. The analysis is based on the online separation of arsenic as arsenate anion from cadmium cations by means of a cation exchanger. On measuring arsenate in the effluent, the trapped cadmium is eluted by sodium chloride solution and determined in a small segment of the effluent by making use of the same electrode. The elaborated protocol enables a full automatic measurement of both species in the same sample solution. The accuracy of the results was confirmed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The LOD and LOQ for Arsenic were found to be 0.9 μg dm-3 and 2.7 μg dm-3, respectively. A linear response range was observed in the concentration range of 1 to 300 μg dm-3 for sample volumes of 4 mL. The repeatability and reproducibility were found to be 2.9% and 5.2%, respectively. The linear response range for cadmium was found to be 0.5 to 60 g/L. The method was tested on samples from a cadmium production plant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/814983
spellingShingle Frantisek Cacho
Lukas Lauko
Alena Manova
Jan Dzurov
Ernest Beinrohr
Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry
title Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
title_full Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
title_fullStr Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
title_full_unstemmed Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
title_short Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
title_sort sequential determination of total arsenic and cadmium in concentrated cadmium sulphate solutions by flow through stripping chronopotentiometry after online cation exchanger separation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/814983
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