Author/Editor     Bantan, Tjaša; Milačič, Radmila; Pihlar, Boris
Title     Possibilities for speciation of Al-citrate and other negatively charged Al complexes by anion-exchange FPLC-ICP-AES
Type     članek
Source     Talanta
Vol. and No.     Letnik 46
Publication year     1998
Volume     str. 227-35
Language     eng
Abstract     An anion-exchange fast protein liquid chromatographic-inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric procedure (FPLC-ICP-AES) was developed for speciation of Al-citrate and other negatively charged Al complexes. FPLC separations were carried out on a Mono Q HR 5/5 strong anion-exchange FPLC column over a pH range from 3.5 to 11.0. An aquebus-NaNO3 (4 mol dm-3) linear gradient elution was applied over 10 min for separation of a particular Al species. The separated Al species were determined in 0.5 cm3 eluate fractions "off line" by ICP-AES. Under optimal analytical procedures Al-citrate was separated from Al-oxalate and Al-EDTA in a neutral pH range. Good reproducibility of the FPLC-ICP-AES procedure was obtained for determination of a particular Al species at optimal measurement conditions (RSD+-2%). A13 + and neutral Al-citrate species were strongly adsorbed on the column resin and did not interfere with the separation of negatively charged Al complexes. Al(OH)4 species were separated from Al-citrate in an alkaline pH region, but quantitatively determined only at a pH of 11.0. The distribution of Al species over a pH range from 3.5 to 11.0 agreed with the reported calculated data. The limit of detection (3 beta basis) for separated Al species was 0.1 micro g cm-3.
Descriptors     ALUMINUM
CITRATES
ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION
CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID