title: Determination of aromatic amines in water samples by capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection.
abstract: Aromatic amines such as aniline and its derivatives are an important class of environmental water pollutants. A method based on capillary zone electrophoresis with amperometric detection (CZE-AD) at carbon disk electrode was developed for the determination of aromatic amines in water samples. The effects of working potential, pH and concentration of running buffer, separation voltage and injection time were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, 2,3-diaminonaphthalene, aniline, o-phenylenediamine and p-chloroaniline could be separated in 0.16 mol/L Na(2)HPO(4)-citric acid buffer (pH 4.6) within 23 min. The detection limits of them were 1.0 x 10(-7), 3.3 x 10(-8), 5.0 x 10(-8), and 1.3 x 10(-7)mol/L (S/N=3), respectively. The method can be applied directly for the determination of aromatic amines in real water samples with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, East China Normal University, 3663 Zhongshan Road (North), Shanghai 200062, PR China. syan08@163.com
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Liyun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Xiaoyin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guoyue
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Tianshu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000032:analysis*; D002021:Buffers; D002138:Calibration; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000032:analysis*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012015:Reference Standards; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D002021:Buffers; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D014867:Water