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REN Jingling,MI Tiezhu,DOU Weiwei,LIU Sumei,ZHANG Jing. 2008. Colorimetric determination of nanomolar concentrations of silicate in natural waters after liquid-liquid extraction using methyl isobutyl ketone. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, (1):137-146
Colorimetric determination of nanomolar concentrations of silicate in natural waters after liquid-liquid extraction using methyl isobutyl ketone
Colorimetric determination of nanomolar concentrations of silicate in natural waters after liquid-liquid extraction using methyl isobutyl ketone
Received:July 12, 2006  Revised:January 12, 2007
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Key words:silicate  colorimetric determination  liquid-liquid extraction  methyl isobutyl ketone
中文关键词:  silicate  colorimetric determination  liquid-liquid extraction  methyl isobutyl ketone
基金项目:The National Science Foundation of China under contract No.40606028;the Special Fund from the National Key Basic Research Program of China under contract No.2006CB400601.
Author NameAffiliationE-mail
REN Jingling Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China renjing@lmailouc.edu.cn 
MI Tiezhu College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China  
DOU Weiwei Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China  
LIU Sumei Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China  
ZHANG Jing Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China 
 
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Abstract:
      A sensitive solvent extraction method for the determination of nonamolar concentrations of silicate in natural waters is developed. According to the traditional aqueous silicate method, silicomolybdenum blue formed by the reaction between silicate and ammonium molydate and reduced by metol-sulfite reagent is extracted by methyl isobutyl ketone. The absorbance can be enhanced substantially up to 10-folds. The detection limit of silicate is 8 nmol/dm3, which is one tenth smaller than the traditional method, with the precision of 4.0% at a silicate level of 50 nmol/dm3 and 3.2% at a silicate level of 6 μmol/dm3. Comparing the calibration curves in the distilled water and seawater, it can be seen that the salt effect also exists in the extraction method. However, the salt effect is a linear function of the salinity and can be corrected by simple calibration. The proposed method is successfully applied to the determination of silicate in natural waters. Natural concentrations of arsenate, arsenite and phosphate cause negligible interference.
中文摘要:
      A sensitive solvent extraction method for the determination of nonamolar concentrations of silicate in natural waters is developed. According to the traditional aqueous silicate method, silicomolybdenum blue formed by the reaction between silicate and ammonium molydate and reduced by metol-sulfite reagent is extracted by methyl isobutyl ketone. The absorbance can be enhanced substantially up to 10-folds. The detection limit of silicate is 8 nmol/dm3, which is one tenth smaller than the traditional method, with the precision of 4.0% at a silicate level of 50 nmol/dm3 and 3.2% at a silicate level of 6 μmol/dm3. Comparing the calibration curves in the distilled water and seawater, it can be seen that the salt effect also exists in the extraction method. However, the salt effect is a linear function of the salinity and can be corrected by simple calibration. The proposed method is successfully applied to the determination of silicate in natural waters. Natural concentrations of arsenate, arsenite and phosphate cause negligible interference.
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