Trace-Level Analysis of Hexavalent Chromium in Lake Sediment Samples Using Ion Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

The analysis of hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), in soil and sediment samples has been predominantly carried out in materials containing elevated levels. Reliable analysis of trace-level of Cr(VI) in sediment samples remains challenging. Cr(VI) analyses with multipoint calibration and speciated isotope dilution (SID) adapted from U.S. EPA method 6800 were used to measure lower-level Cr(VI) on an ion chromatograph coupled with a tandem mass spectrometer (IC-MS/MS). Lake sediment samples were collected from various locations in Northern Ontario and Cr(VI) was extracted using both alkaline digestion and ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) extraction. Certified reference materials were extracted and analyzed by IC-MS/MS and UV-VIS detection. The SID-MS approach allowed for the quantification of Cr(VI) in samples with concentration levels below 0.5 μg.g-1 wet weight.

Analysis of trace elements in air particulate matters by non-suppressed ion chromatography

The application of non-suppressed ion chromatography for monitoring of trace elements in air particulate matter was studied in the present investigation. The results indicate that the use of microwave acid digestion method is superior in comparison with the conventional thermal acid digestion method as it leads to higher recovery, better reproducibility, lower volatility loss, better protection against environmental contamination and much less digestion time (5 minutes vs. 24 hours). The use of eluent as extractant is shown to reduce the water dip problem in the chro-matogram. The addition of chelating agent in the eluent coupled with UV detection is shown to provide satisfactory chromatographic separation and good sensitivity for the analysis of transition metals present in the air particulate matter. Using the U.S. National Bureau of Standards Reference Material 1648 Urban Particulate Matter as standard for checking, the analytical procedure is shown to give good recovery and reproducibility for the detection of the following cations and anions in air particulate matter: Fe2 Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn, Mg, Na, HN4+, Cl-, NO3- and SO42-. Field test was also performed to check the applicability of the method and the results obtained were discussed in the present paper.

Trace Analysis of Anions in Perfluorodecalin by Green Liquid-Liquid Extraction Combined with Ion Chromatography

Perfluoronaphthenes,with inert chemical and biological properties and ability to dissolve large amounts of oxygen,have received the most attention in medical applications.However,the excessive anion contained may cause some side effects.Herein,liquid-liquid extraction technique with shaking and ultrasonic extraction was used for the trace analysis of five anions(F^(-),Cl^(-),NO_(3)^(-),PO_(4)^(3-),SO_(4)^(2-))in perfluorodecalin using water as green extractant.The optimum pretreatment technology and ion chromatography detection conditions were established.Good linearity was observed in each concentration range,and the linear correlation coefficient(R^(2))was better than 0.997.The limits of detection(S/N=3)of five anions from perfluorodecalin were 3.2,5.5,14.2,23.2 and 29.5μg/L,respectively.The established method with high sensitivity and accuracy has been successfully appliedfor the determination of five anions in three perfluorodecalin products,which provides a basis for further development of green detection and quality standard formulation in perfluorodecalin and other fluorocarbon solvents.

Determination of haloacetic acids in hospital effuent after chlorination by ion chromatography

The ion chromatography combined solid phase extraction （SPE） method was developed for the analysis of low concentration haloacetic acids （HAAs）, a class of disinfection by-products formed from chlorination of hospital wastewater. The monitored HAAs included monochloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, dibromoacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid. The method employed a sodium hydroxide eluent at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min, electrolytically generated gradients, and suppressed conductivity detection. To analyze the HAAs in real hospital wastewater samples, C18 pretreatment cartridge was utilized to reduce samples＇ turbidity. Preconcentration with SPE and matrix elimination with treatment cartridges were investigated and found to be able to obtain acceptable detection limits. Linearity, repeatability and detection limits of the above method were evaluated. The detection limits of monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid were 2.61 μg/L and 1.30 μg/L, respectively, and the other three acids are ranging from 0.48 to 0.82μg/L under 25-fold preconcentration. When the above optimization procedure was applied to three hospital wastewater samples with different treatment processes in Tianjin, it was found that the dichloroacetic acid was the major compound, and the growth ratios of the HAAs after disinfection by sodium hypochlorite were 91.28%, 63.61% and 79.50%, respectively.

Simultaneous Determination of Halogen Compounds and Sulfur Oxides in Flue Gas by Ion Chromatography

Ion chromatography （IC） is a suitable analytical method for the determination of anions. As analytical methods for the halogen compounds in flue gas, those of bromine compound, fluorine compound, chlorine （Cl2） and hydrogen chloride （HCI） are listed in JIS. However, IC has not been adopted in JIS except for HCI and C12. Because the carbon dioxide in flue gas is absorbed in a 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution as an absorber, it is interfered with the measurement of F^- and Cl^- ions. This paper describes the development of the pretreatment equipment for the flue gas analysis by IC, and its applications to real flue gas analysis. The F^-, Cl^-, Br^- and SO4^2- in the absorbing solution can be clearly separated by IC using the pretreatment equipment. The halogen compounds and sulfur oxides in flue gas can be simultaneously determined by IC.

Studies on the Simultaneous Determination of Cr(Ⅲ)and Cr(Ⅵ)by Ion Chromatography(IC)

The research aimed to develop and validate an ion chromatography method for the simultaneous analysis of Cr(Ⅲ) and Cr(Ⅵ)from pumpkin. A new analytical method based on ion chromatography techniques was developed by the Cr(Ⅲ) pre-column derivatization and Cr(Ⅵ) post-column derivatization. The ion chromatography condition was optimized and the detection sensitivity was improved. Cr(Ⅲ) and Cr(Ⅵ) were determined by 365 and 530 nm,respectively. The temperature of water bath,the heating time for pre-column derivatization,and the flow rate of post-column derivative liquid were screened on the basis of single factor experiment,the effects of various factors were determined by the method of L16( 43) orthogonal experiment design. Considering the results of orthogonal experiments and the variation tendency of peak area under different factors,the optimum derivatization conditions were chose as follows: the flow rate of post-column derivative liquid is0. 5 m L/min,the temperature of water bath for pre-column derivatization is 100 ℃ and the heating time is 5 min. The conditions were optimized by means of orthogonal experiments under the p H of leacheate ranged from 6. 5 to 6. 8 and the I-concentration of 5 mmol/L. Under optimized derivatization conditions,the detection limits for Cr(Ⅲ) and Cr(Ⅵ) were 0. 17 and 0. 019 mg,respectively. And the average recoveries of Cr(Ⅲ) in pumpkin were in the range of 82%-85%. Results indicated that pumpkin does not contain Cr(Ⅵ) according to this ion chromatography method of simultaneously determination for Cr(Ⅲ) and Cr(Ⅵ).

J-mixing Effect of the Crystal-field on the Spectroscopic Characteristics of Rare-earth Doped Laser Crystals

By using the re-derived formulae for both line-strength of electricdipole transition and simple J-mixing coefficients within the 4f shell in a rare-earthion, the spectroscopic properties of the luminescent material Eu3+ =Y2O3 and laser crystals Tb3+:=YAlO3 and Nd3+:YVO4, are investigated in detail. On the basis of three fitting Ω parameters and the effective reduced matrix elements, the spectral linestrengths, spontaneous emission probabilities, fluorescent branching ratios and lifetimeare calculated. The better agreement between theoretical results and experimental dataindicates the importance of J-mixing in the spectroscopic study of laser crystals.

Characters of the Plateau of Methanol Increment in Frontal Analysis in Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography

With insulin methanol water, and the ion pairing agent, hydrochloric acid and trifluroacetic acid (TFA), the character of the first plateau (FP) on the elution curve of frontal analysis in reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) was investigated by on line UV spectrometry and identified with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry and mass spectrometry. The profile of the FP is the same as that of a usual elution curve of methanol in frontal analysis (FA). When the insulin concentration was limited to a certain range, the height of the FP was found to be proportional to the insulin concentration in mobile phase and its length companying to shorten. The FP profile on the intersection of two tangents reflects the components of the microstructure in the depth direction of the bonded stationary phase layer and the desorption dynamics of the displaced components. The displaced methanol was quantitatively determined by NMR and on line UV spectrometries. TFA with high UV absorbance can not be used as an ion pairing agent for the investigation of the FP in RPLC, but it can be used as a good marker to investigate the complicated transfer process of components in the stationary phase in RPLC. A stoichiometric displacement process between solute and solvent was proved to be valid in both usual and FA in RPLC. From the point of view of dynamics of mass transfer, the solutes can only contact to the surface of stationary phase in usual RPLC, while solute can penetrate into it in FA of RPLC. The solvation of insulin in methanol and water solution as an example indicating the usage of the FP in the FA was also investigated in this paper.

Application of Nafion/Cobalt Hexacyanoferrate Chemically Modified Electrodes for the Determination of Electroinactive Cations by Ion Chromatography

An amperometric detector based on the chemical modification of Nafion and cobalt(II) hexacyanoferrate(II,III) thin film (Nafion/Co CN Fe) onto a glassy carbon (GC) electrode was firstly developed for the determination of electroinactive cations (Li +, Na +, K +, Rb +, Cs + and NH + 4) in single column ion chromatography. A set of well defined peaks of electroinactive cation was obtained. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of chromatographic peak height (nA) for these cations were all below 3.8%. The cations were detected conveniently in the linear concentration range of 6.0×10 -6 -5.0×10 -3 mol/L and their correlation coefficients were all above 0.99. The detection limits of the cations were 9.2×10 -6 mol/L for Li +, 3.4×10 -6 mol/L for Na +, 6.3×10 -7 mol/L for K +, 7.8×10 -7 mol/L for Rb +, 6.2×10 -7 mol/L for Cs + and 6.2×10 -6 mol/L for NH + 4, at a signal noise ratio of 3. The method was quick, sensitive, simple and was successfully applied to the analysis of rainwater samples. The electrode was stable for a 2 week period of operation with no evidence of chemical or mechanical deterioration.

Volatile Compounds Fingerprints for White Duck down and White Goose down Determined by Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry

This work first describes a simple approach for the untargeted profiling of volatile compounds for distinguishing between white duck down (WDD) and white goose down (WGD) based on resolution-optimized GC-IMS combined with optimized chemometric techniques, namely PCA. The detection method for down samples was established by using GC-IMS. Meanwhile, the reason of unpleasant odors caused by WDD was explained on the basis of the characteristic volatile compounds identification. GC-IMS fingerprinting can be considered a revolutionary approach for a truly fully automatable, cost-efficient, and in particular highly sensitive method. A total of 22 compounds were successfully separated and identified through GC-IMS method, and the significant differences in volatile compounds were observed in three parts of WDD and WGD samples. The most characteristic volatile compounds of WGD belong to aldehydes, whereas carboxylic acids from WDD were detected generated by autoxidation reaction. Meanwhile, the main reason of unpleasant odor generation was possibly attributed to the high concentration of volatile carboxylic acids of WDD. Therefore, the constructed model presents a simple and efficient method of analysis and serves as a basis for down processing and quality control.

离子色谱指纹图谱分析在烟用香精香料品质评价中的应用

为保证烟用香精香料品质的一致性,采用离子色谱法对烟用香精香料样品中的9种有机酸及7种无机阴离子进行分析。1.0 g样品中加入10 mL去离子水,振荡萃取30 min后,水相溶液用0.45μm微孔滤膜过滤,滤液进一步采用RP前处理柱除去基质,经离子色谱仪分离测定。采用Dionex IonPac AS11-HC阴离子交换柱及淋洗液梯度洗脱,9种有机酸和7种常规无机阴离子标准工作溶液的保留时间和峰面积日内精密度(RSD)分别为0.01%~0.69%和1.34%~2.98%,日间RSD分别为0.03%~0.68%和3.54%~5.16%。同时对烟用香精香料标准样品A~D(各5个批次)中有机酸和无机酸的保留时间和峰面积RSD进行考察,得到的保留时间和峰面积日内RSD分别为0.01%~0.71%和2.39%~3.22%,日间RSD分别0.05%~0.81%和3.61%~6.02%。建立了4种烟用香精香料(各5个批次)的指纹谱图库,并采用系统聚类分析和相似度分析法对其他生产厂家样品进行品质评价。结果表明,聚类分析法能有效地从不同生产厂家的产品中筛选出与标准样品质量最相近的样品;实际样品AY3、BY2、CY2及DY1与香精香料标准品性质最接近,品质较好。相似度分析可以对不同生产厂家的产品质量进行更加具体、量化的评价,实际样品AY3、BY2、CY2及DY1与香精香料标准品的化学成分相似度值均大于97.7%,符合相似度评价要求。相较于超声辅助液液萃取-气相色谱法,对于个别特殊样品,离子色谱法能更有效地区分香精香料样品间的品质差异。

不同厂家水基胶挥发性物质的GC-IMS差异分析

目的快速分析不同厂家水基胶中的挥发物特性。方法采用气相色谱-离子迁移谱(GC-IMS)联用技术对各种水基胶中的挥发性物质进行定性分析;结合生物指纹图谱、主成分分析(PCA)法以及欧式距离分析法对不同水基胶样品进行差异对比分析。结果水基胶中共识别出88种挥发性化学物质,涵盖酯类、酮类、醇类、醛类、杂环类、酸类、芳香类、醚类、萜类、酰胺类和腈类等11大类别,其中酯类物质占据显著比例,达26种,占总挥发性物质的38%~46%。结论采用GC-IMS技术结合生物指纹图谱、PCA以及欧式距离分析,能够有效区分不同厂家水基胶样品,同时同一厂家不同规格样品之间显示出较高的相似性;GC-IMS技术为不同厂家水基胶的快速溯源鉴别及挥发性物质差异分析提供了有力工具。

基于GC-IMS结合多元统计方法研究掺入不同比例玉米油对橄榄辣椒油风味的影响

为分析掺入不同比例玉米油对橄榄辣椒油风味的影响,文章采用感官评分、气相色谱-离子迁移谱(GC-IMS)和正交偏最小二乘-判别分析(OPLS-DA)等方法对辣椒油样品的风味成分进行检测和多元统计分析。结果表明,6种辣椒油的色泽和滋味无显著性差异,但香气差异显著(P<0.05),其中GLY1香气最佳,GLY2和GLY6香气和谐。通过GC-IMS共检测出81种挥发性有机化合物(VOCs),其中醇类、酯类、酸类、醛类、杂环类和酮类化合物在6种辣椒油中的相对含量较高。通过变量投影重要性(VIP)筛选出异丁醛、丙酮、乙酸-D、乙酸甲酯等29种VOCs为6种辣椒油的关键风味差异标志物(VIP>1.0)。OPLS-DA的因子载荷结果与热图聚类分析、感官评价结果一致。因此,GC-IMS结合OPLS-DA和热图聚类分析能将6种辣椒油进行有效区分。该研究结果可为橄榄辣椒油的鉴伪和风味多样化辣椒油产品的生产提供一定理论支撑。

环境空气PM_(2.5)中铵离子含量的两种检测方法比较

目的比较离子色谱法与流动注射分析法测定环境空气PM_(2.5)中铵离子含量。采集环境空气颗粒物PM_(2.5)的石英滤膜,各取1/4剪碎后经超纯水超声提取,离心过滤,分别用流动注射法和离子色谱法测定PM_(2.5)中铵离子的含量。结果离子色谱法测定NH_(4)^(+)在0.5~10.0 mg/L范围内拟合曲线为y=0.0710+0.2214x-0.0058x^(2),r=0.9997,检出限0.017μg/m^(3),定量限0.068μg/m^(3),回收率91.0%~96.6%,RSD 0.05%~0.08%(n=6);流动注射法测定NH_(4)^(+)在0.02~1.00 mg/L范围内线性关系良好,y=22.576x+0.1333,r=0.9999,检出限0.003μg/m^(3),定量限0.012μg/m^(3),加标回收率为105%~114%,RSD在0.54%~2.06%(n=6)之间。利用两种方法同时测定16份滤膜样本,测定结果差异无统计学意义(t=1.080,P>0.05)。结论两种方法均具有良好的线性关系、精密度及准确度,流动注射分析法与离子色谱法相比有检出限低,检测时间短等优势。

气相色谱-离子迁移谱结合化学计量学分析对新会陈皮的鉴别

采用气相色谱-离子迁移谱(gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry,GC-IMS)技术对包括新会陈皮在内的10个产地陈皮的风味成分进行测定,运用主成分分析和偏最小二乘判别分析(partial least squares discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)方法对GC-IMS检出的75种风味成分进行分析,以建立新会陈皮的鉴别方法。结果表明,该方法可将新会陈皮与其他陈皮区分开,实现对新会陈皮的有效鉴别。同时,分析变量投影重要性可进一步筛选出20种对有效区分新会陈皮和其他产地陈皮发挥关键作用的特征标志物。本研究通过引入GC-IMS技术和PLSDA方法实现了新会陈皮与其他产地陈皮的准确鉴别,可为新会陈皮的国家地理标志产品保护和产地溯源提供新的技术参考。

基于GC-IMS结合多元统计模型分析不同酵母菌发酵对豆汤酱挥发性化合物的影响

为研究安琪酵母、毕赤酵母、酿酒酵母、鲁氏酵母和假丝酵母发酵对豆汤酱挥发性风味物质的影响,以未发酵豆汤酱作为对照组,采用气相离子迁移谱技术(gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry,GC-IMS)对发酵豆汤酱的挥发性风味物质进行分析。运用相对气味活度值法(relative odor activity value,ROAV)确定关键风味组分,结合主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)、偏最小二乘判别分析(partial least squares-discrimination analysis,PLS-DA)对发酵豆汤酱香气进行综合评价。结果表明,6种发酵豆汤酱中共检测出50种挥发性化合物,主要是酯类和醇类物质,赋予发酵豆汤酱醇香、果香和麦芽香。不同发酵豆汤酱的挥发性化合物的种类和浓度差异显著(P<0.05),其中经酿酒酵母发酵的豆汤酱中挥发性化合物的浓度和种类最高。通过气味活度值(relative odor activity value,ROAV)分析安琪酵母、毕赤酵母、酿酒酵母、鲁氏酵母、假丝酵母发酵豆汤酱和未发酵豆汤酱6组样品,分别有8、13、9、11、19、7种关键风味物质。对这些关键风味物质进行PCA和PLS-DA分析,发现不同酵母菌发酵的豆汤酱能获得较好区分,发酵豆汤酱与未发酵豆汤酱的整体香气存在明显差异,这与GC-IMS指纹图谱的结果一致。因此酵母发酵具有为豆汤酱提高香气成分的应用潜力,为今后豆汤酱的精深加工提供一定理论依据。

离子色谱在中草药成分分析中的应用

离子色谱是用于分离分析不同基质样品中离子性物质的一种新型高效液相色谱技术。自1975年发展至今,已被广泛应用于环境、能源、食品、医药等多个领域,具有操作简单、分析快速、灵敏度和选择性高,且能同时分离测定多种组分等优点。近年来,随着离子色谱技术自身迭代发展,可测定分析的样品种类已包括离子、糖类、氨基酸、有机酸(碱)等,同时离子色谱法也越来越成为针对中草药复杂组分中单个有效成分分析与鉴定的重要手段。本文介绍了离子色谱技术的不同类型、原理及研究进展,整理了近几十年离子色谱在中草药糖苷类、氨基酸、蛋白质、无机盐以及有机酸、生物碱类和黄酮类等复杂成分中的应用情况;检索文献发现,离子交换色谱、电导检测法为离子色谱中最常用的技术类型和检测方式,且目前离子色谱在生物碱类成分分析中的应用展现出较传统分析方法更好的优势,但在无机阴离子的形态分析和黄酮类、苯丙素类、甾体类等主要活性物质中的直接应用研究报道较少。最后,综述了离子色谱(联用)新技术及其在中草药中的最新进展,并对该色谱方法未来在复杂组分分离分析方面的应用进行了探讨和展望,为离子色谱技术分析中草药复杂化学成分的进一步发展提供理论参考。

基于GC-IMS技术分析五种市售不同工艺油莎豆油理化品质与风味差异

为研究市售不同工艺油莎豆油理化品质与风味的差异性,采用气相离子迁移谱(Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectroscopy,GC-IMS)技术结合主成分分析法对比不同工艺(物理压榨、热榨、亚临界萃取、高压冷榨和冷榨工艺)油莎豆油挥发性化合物之间的差异性。GC-IMS结果显示,不同工艺油莎豆油中共鉴定出76种挥发性化合物,其中包括酯类12种、醇类16种、醛类29种、酮类9种、酸类5种、呋喃类3种、吡嗪类1种、硫类1种。热榨组醛类、酯类和呋喃类物质相对含量较高(53.54%,13.06%,5.41%)。不同工艺油莎豆油风味差异性主要来源于四种关键风味物质:1-烯-3-辛醇、壬醛、(E)-2-辛烯醛和己醛。主成分分析(Principal Component Analysis,PCA)结果表明PC1和PC2分别为48.7%和30.1%,累计差异贡献率为78.8%,不同工艺油莎豆油风味物质差异显著,能够对不同工艺油莎豆油良好区分。Pearson相关性分析结果表明不同工艺油莎豆油b*值与酸价、过氧化值、p-丙二醛值和1-烯-3-辛醇之间呈显著正相关(0.57<r<0.88,P<0.05)。本研究结对市售油莎豆油生产加工、理论研究和质量检测等领域具有一定的参考价值。

基于电子鼻、HS-SPME-GC-MS和HS-GC-IMS评价不同制油工艺对大豆油品质及风味的影响

为探究不同制油工艺(冷榨法、浸出法、冷榨-浸出法)对三级大豆油品质及风味的影响,测定了大豆油的理化性质及脂肪酸组成,分别采用电子鼻、顶空-固相微萃取-气相色谱-质谱(headspace-solid phase microextraction-gaschromatography-massspectrometry,HS-SPME-GC-MS)法和顶空-气相色谱-离子迁移谱(headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy,HS-GC-IMS)法鉴定3种豆油中挥发性化合物,并借助聚类热图、主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)和正交偏最小二乘判别分析(orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis,OPLS-DA)对3种豆油的挥发性化合物数据进行差异分析。结果表明,冷榨型豆油的水分含量最低,浸出型豆油过氧化值显著偏高且油脂色泽最深;浓香型豆油中亚油酸含量最多,营养价值更高;被检出的挥发性组分中,醇类、醛类以及吡嗪类化合物为豆油风味的形成做出主要贡献,明晰了部分风味化合物形成的原因。最终通过OPLS-DA筛选出45种贡献较大的挥发性化合物,同时构建可靠的用以鉴别浓香型豆油的模型。此外,发现豆油的品质与风味之间存在一定的相关性。

基于GC-IMS分析新疆不同寄主肉苁蓉挥发性物质

以新疆和田地区‘梭梭’和‘红柳’肉苁蓉为研究对象,采用气相离子迁移色谱(gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy,GC-IMS)分析两种不同寄主肉苁蓉挥发性物质之间的差异。结果表明:GC-IMS共检测出35种挥发性物质,其中定性出27种挥发性物质,包括醛类8种、醇类5种、酯类4种、酮类1种,以醛、醇类物质为主。‘红柳’肉苁蓉和‘梭梭’肉苁蓉挥发性物质差异明显。二者主要差异物质为2-苯基乙醛、苯甲醛、(E)-2-庚烯醛、3-甲硫基丙醛、1-己醛、庚醛、3-甲基-2-丁烯醛、乙酸甲酯、乙酸己酯、1-己醇、乙酰妥英、异丁醇、乙酸乙酯。通过主成分分析可以有效区分两种不同寄主肉苁蓉,PC1和PC2累计方差贡献率达到91%。同时,通过构建挥发性物质聚类热图和指纹图谱等手段,为不同寄主肉苁蓉的鉴定和挥发性物质研究提供理论参考。