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Advances in the offline trace metal extraction of Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, and Pb from open ocean seawater samples with determination by sector field ICP-MS analysis
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posted on 2023-05-17, 23:55 authored by Queroue, F, Ashley TownsendAshley Townsend, Pier van der MerwePier van der Merwe, Delphine LannuzelDelphine Lannuzel, Sarthou, G, Bucciarelli, E, Andrew BowieAndrew BowieTrace metals are fundamental components of various biochemical reactions for phytoplankton. They serve as micronutrients and therefore play a key role in marine biogeochemical cycles. International programs such as GEOTRACES require fast, sensitive and reliable methods for the simultaneous analysis of multiple trace elements in seawater. This paper reports the development of a simplified, automated, low cost, portable, off-line extraction method with high sample throughput. The extraction uses the chelating resin Nobias-chelate PA1 offering an extraction factor of 18 from 27 mL of seawater. This solid phase extraction has been coupled with Sector Field-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (SF-ICPMS) for analysing dissolved manganese (dMn), cobalt (dCo), nickel (dNi), copper (dCu), cadmium (dCd) and lead (dPb). An optimum pH of 6.2 was selected allowing quantitative recovery of most elements of interest, offering stable Cu and minimum molybdenum (Mo) recoveries, limiting interferences of Cd determination. Picomolar or subpicomolar trace metal blank concentrations and detection limits were obtained suitable for open ocean sample measurements. Regular analysis of reference seawater samples (SAFe, GEOTRACES and in-house seawater) showed excellent short-term and medium-term precision (1–8% RSD) and accuracy of the method. Twenty four samples, 3 blanks, 6 standard addition calibration samples, 3 replicates of in-house seawater and 2 reference seawater samples were extracted daily. The method has been successfully applied to the analysis of seawater samples from the Southern and Pacific Oceans.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Analytical MethodsVolume
2014Issue
6Pagination
2837-2847ISSN
1759-9660Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Royal Soc ChemistryPlace of publication
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