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  • Title: The use of on-line UV photoreduction in the flow analysis determination of dissolved reactive phosphate in natural waters.
    Author: Nagul EA, McKelvie ID, Kolev SD.
    Journal: Talanta; 2015 Feb; 133():155-61. PubMed ID: 25435242.
    Abstract:
    A highly sensitive flow analysis manifold for rapid determination of dissolved reactive phosphate was developed which uses ethanol and UV light to reduce phosphomolybdic acid, instead of the reactive and short-lived chemical reductants typically employed in molybdenum blue chemistry. This reaction is impractical to perform reproducibly in batch mode, yet is very simple to handle in a flow analysis system and uses a single, very long-lived reagent solution. Interference from common inorganic anions and organic phosphorus species was minimal, and good spike recoveries for a range of sample matrices were obtained. The proposed flow analysis system is characterised by a limit of detection of 1.3 μg L(-1) P, linear range of 5-1000 μg L(-1) P, dynamic range of 5-5000 μg L(-1) P, repeatability of 0.8% (1000 μg L(-1) P, n=10) and 5.6% (10 μg L(-1) P, n=10), and sample throughput of 57 h(-1). It is expected that this method will improve the feasibility of autonomous long-term environmental monitoring of dissolved reactive phosphate using inexpensive apparatus.
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