Liquid waveguide capillary cell for the spectrophotometric determination of nanomolar iodate concentrations in marine waters

A new spectrophotometric method based on a liquid waveguide capillary cell for an enhanced detection was developed to measure nanomolar iodate concentrations.This method has a detection limit and precision of 1-2 nmol/L,which is equivalent to 10%that of conventional methods,a recovery of 97.7%-104.0%,and a working range of 10-120 nmol/L.Water samples were collected from three estuaries and one coastal ocean for testing,and the proposed technique detected as low as 11 nmol/L and 18 nmol/L iodate in these samples.This newly developed method is helpful in understanding the biogeochemical cycle of iodine in nature.