A new method was developed for the speciation of inorganic arsenic in coal samples by liquid chromatography coupled to hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry after microwave-assisted extraction. Effective extract of As(III), As(V) in coal sample was achieved by 1.0molL-1 H3PO4 and 0.1 molL-1ascorbic acid. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection were 0.01 ugL-1and 0.02 ugL-1for As(III), As(V). The relative standard deviation were 2.4 %, 3.3 % (c= 20.0 gL-1, n=7). The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of speciation of inorganic arsenic in coal samples and GBW11117.
A method for the digestion of polymeric waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) by microwave-assisted ultraviolet wet digestion (MAWD-UV) was proposed.
As(iii)/As(v) ratio determined from orthophosphoric acid extraction/HPLC-ICP-MS matched XANES results, allowing routine measurement of As oxidation state in acid mine drainage precipitates.
Routine determination of inorganic arsenic speciation in precipitates from acid mine drainage using orthophosphoric acid extraction followed by HPLC-ICP-MS