title: Speciation of organotin compounds in marine sediments by capillary column gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectrometry coupled with hydride generation.
abstract: A method for speciation of organotin compounds in marine sediments by solvent extraction combined with hydride generation gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed. Sediment samples spiked with tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides were homogenized in hydrochloric acid. The chlorides were extracted twice into toluene. Recoveries of the organotin compounds from the spiked sediment samples were improved by the addition of 8-quinolinol. Tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides form ion-associates with 8-quinolinol in aqueous hydrochloric acid. The method was optimized with respect to derivatization reactions and extraction conditions. Interferences from Sn(II/IV) and additional 13 ions were investigated. Recoveries of 84-100% for tributyltin and 86-100% for triphenyltin were achieved using this method. The detection limits obtained for tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides were 95 and 145 pg, respectively, corresponding to a relative detection limit of 95 and 145 ng kg(-1) in the sediment.
authors.affiliation: Institute for National Measurement Standards, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: Yong-Lai
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hisatake
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narasaki
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis*; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012015:Reference Standards; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D009947:Organotin Compounds; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; C011559:tributyltin; C012594:triphenyltin chloride