Speciation of five arsenic species (arsenite, arsenate, MMAAV, DMAAV and AsBet) in different kind of water by HPLC-ICP-MS.
A method using Ion Chromatography hyphenated to an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer has been developed to accurately determine arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), mono-methylarsonic acid (MMAA(V)), dimethylarsinic acid (DMAA(V)) and arsenobetaine (AsBet) in different water matrices. The developed method showed a high sensitivity with detection limits for each arsenic species close to 0.4pg injected. Arsenite and arsenate were the major species found in surface and well waters, but AsBet and DMAA(V) were found in some surface waters, which has never been reported before, while in some natural mineral waters located in volcanic region, the arsenic content exceeded the maximal admissible arsenic content by European legislation standards and the predominant form was As(V).
Ronkart
Sébastien N
SN
Gembloux Agricultural University, Unité de chimie analytique et Phytopharmacie, Passage des Déportés, 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium. ronkart.s@fsagx.ac.be
Laurent
Vincent
V
Carbonnelle
Philippe
P
Mabon
Nicolas
N
Copin
Alfred
A
Barthélemy
Jean-Paul
JP
D001152:Arsenicals / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D001152:Arsenicals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical