Continuous and simultaneous determination of anions and cations in rainwater by ion chromatography

Qun Xu, Wen Zhang, Chun Xu, Litong Jin

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Abstract

A simple and sensitive method was investigated for the continuous and simultaneous determination of inorganic anions (SO42-, Cl-, NO3-, F-) and cations (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) in rainwater over a period of 18 h. A solution of 5 X 10-3 mol L-1 DL-malic acid-5% methanol-water was used as the eluent. Good simultaneous separation of anions and cations based on an ion-exclusion mechanism and a cation-exchange mechanism was achieved within 30 min with conductimetric detection. The method was successfully applied to rainwater detection, and proved to be a very useful method for real-time rainwater analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1065-1069
Number of pages5
JournalAnalyst
Volume125
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

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