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In order to characterize the cation-exchange properties of a silica gel column in the acidic region, the retention behavior of common mono- and divalent cations (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) was investigated. When using 5 mM nitric acid (pH 2.3) as an eluent, these cations were retained on a silica gel column (150×4.6 mm I.D.) packed with Develosil 30-5 unmodified silica gel that has a very large surface area (ca. 770 m2/g), showing that such a stationary phase could be used as a cation-exchanger for ion chromatography with acidic eluents. When using 1.5 mM 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid as an eluent, a good separation of these cations was obtained in 12 min using conductimetric detection. This separation was applied successfully to the simultaneous determination of the five cations in various environmental water samples.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Water analysis; Silica gel; Cations
Research Division:	Chemical Sciences
Research Group:	Analytical chemistry
Research Field:	Instrumental methods (excl. immunological and bioassay methods)
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
UTAS Author:	Haddad, PR (Professor Paul Haddad)
ID Code:	8703
Year Published:	1996
Web of Science® Times Cited:	27
Deposited By:	Chemistry
Deposited On:	1996-08-01
Last Modified:	2010-03-15
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