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  • Title: Determination of 232Th in seawater by ICP-MS after preconcentration and separation using a chelating resin.
    Author: Takata H, Zheng J, Tagami K, Aono T, Uchida S.
    Journal: Talanta; 2011 Sep 30; 85(4):1772-7. PubMed ID: 21872017.
    Abstract:
    This article describes an analytical method for the separation, preconcentration and determination of (232)Th in seawater samples at sub-ng/L levels using a NOBIAS CHELATE PA1 resin and a sector field (SF) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS). The resin showed excellent adsorption of (232)Th at a low pH of 2.4 ± 0.4 in a relatively small volume (200 mL) of seawater. (232)Th adsorbed on the resin was easily eluted using 5 mL of 0.8M HNO(3). An enrichment factor of 40 was achieved for (232)Th analysis. Ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid disodium salt dehydrate (EDTA) was used to investigate the effect of (232)Th-binding organic ligand on the retention of (232)Th on the chelating resin. Results obtained using acidified samples (pH of 2.4 ± 0.4) showed EDTA had no significant effect on (232)Th recovery, indicating that at this low pH, (232)Th was dissociated from the (232)Th-binding organic ligand and quantitatively retained on the NOBIAS CHELATE PA1 resin. The developed analytical method was characterized by a separation and preconcentration taking approximately 4h and a low detection limit of 0.0038 ng/L for (232)Th, and was successfully applied to the determination of (232)Th in seawater samples collected from coastal areas, Japan.
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