Determination of aromatic amines in water samples by capillary electrophoresis with amperometric detection

Yan Sun, Liyun Liang, Xiaoyin Zhao, Lin Yu, Jie Zhang, Guoyue Shi, Tianshu Zhou

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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 Na2HPO4-citric acid buffer (pH 4.6) within 23 min. The detection limits of them were 1.0 × 10-7, 3.3 × 10-8, 5.0 × 10-8, and 1.3 × 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-46
Number of pages6
JournalWater Research
Volume43
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009

Keywords

  • Amperometric detection
  • Aromatic amines
  • Capillary electrophoresis

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