A modified analytical method for the shipboard determination of nanomolar concentrations of orthophosphate in seawater |
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| Authors: | Jian Ma Dongxing Yuan Ying Liang Minhan Dai |
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| Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China;(2) Environmental Science Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China |
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| Abstract: | A method for the determination of nanomolar concentrations of orthophosphate in oligotrophic seawater developed by Liang et al. (2007) has been modified to make it fully feasible for shipboard application and for faster sample throughput with minimized
sample volume. The technique is based on the flow injection method with solid phase extraction on a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge
and colorimetric detector. The Schlieren effect was minimized by rinsing the cartridge sequentially with 5 mL water and 2
mL 95% ethanol solution. With three micro pumps in parallel, savings of up to 80% in amount of reagents and 25% volume of
seawater samples could be achieved in comparison to the previous method. Variation of stopped flow time and sample loading
time gave 3 different standard curves, which corresponded to 3 linear ranges within 3.4 and 515 nM. The modified method permits
the analysis of samples over a wide range of concentrations, and has been successfully applied to shipboard determination
of trace orthophosphate in more than 200 seawater samples during a one-month cruise in the South China Sea. For seawater at
concentrations of 20.6, 82.5, 206.2 nM orthophosphate, the relative standard deviations (RSD) (n = 6), determined daily for 6 days on board ship were 4.45%, 4.73% and 6.75%, respectively. Five seawater samples collected
in the Station SEATS (South East Asia Time Series Station at 18°N, 116°E) were analyzed using the present method both on board
and in a land-based laboratory, as well as with the magnesium hydroxide-induced coprecipitation (MAGIC) method, and showed
no significant difference according to the statistical t-test. |
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| Keywords: | Shipboard orthophosphate magnesium hydroxide-induced coprecipitation on-line solid phase extraction |
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