Determination of iodide, iodate and organo-iodine in waters with a new total organic iodine measurement approach.
The dissolved iodine species that dominate aquatic systems are iodide, iodate and organo-iodine. These species may undergo transformation to one another and thus affect the formation of iodinated disinfection byproducts during disinfection of drinking waters or wastewater effluents. In this study, a fast, sensitive and accurate method for determining these iodine species in waters was developed by derivatizing iodide and iodate to organic iodine and measuring organic iodine with a total organic iodine (TOI) measurement approach. Within this method, organo-iodine was determined directly by TOI measurement; iodide was oxidized by monochloramine to hypoiodous acid and then hypoiodous acid reacted with phenol to form organic iodine, which was determined by TOI measurement; iodate was reduced by ascorbic acid to iodide and then determined as iodide. The quantitation limit of organo-iodine or sum of organo-iodine and iodide or sum of organo-iodine, iodide and iodate was 5 μg/L as I for a 40 mL water sample (or 2.5 μg/L as I for an 80 mL water sample, or 1.25 μg/L as I for a 160 mL water sample). This method was successfully applied to the determination of iodide, iodate and organo-iodine in a variety of water samples, including tap water, seawater, urine and wastewater. The recoveries of iodide, iodate and organo-iodine were 91-109%, 90-108% and 91-108%, respectively. The concentrations and distributions of iodine species in different water samples were obtained and compared.
Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Tingting
T
Gong
Xiangru
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Zhang
D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D002700:Chloramines / Q000737:chemistry; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D007452:Iodates / Q000032:analysis*; D007454:Iodides / Q000032:analysis*; D007455:Iodine / Q000032:analysis*; D017613:Iodine Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D057230:Limit of Detection; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D002700:Chloramines; D007452:Iodates; D007454:Iodides; D017613:Iodine Compounds; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010636:Phenols; D012996:Solutions; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water; C081961:hypoiodous acid; D007455:Iodine; C030816:chloramine; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
Disinfection byproducts; Iodate; Iodide; TOI; Total organic iodine; Waters