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Geng C, Dong Z, Zhang T, Yang Z, Xu Z, Liang S, Ding X. Advances in atmospheric pressure plasma-based optical emission spectrometry for the analysis of heavy metals. Talanta 2024; 270:125634. [PMID: 38215585 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.125634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
Abstract
Over the past decade, miniaturized optical emission spectrometry (OES) systems utilizing atmospheric pressure plasmas (APPs) as radiation sources have exhibited impressive capabilities in trace heavy metal analysis. As the core of the analytical system, APPs sources possess unique properties such as compact size, light weight, low energy requirement, ease of fabrication, and relatively low manufacturing cost. This critical review focuses on recent progress of APP-based OES systems employed for the determination of heavy metals. Influences of technical details including the sample introduction manner, the sampling volume, the sample flow rate, the pH of the solutions on the plasma stability and the intensity of analytical signals are comprehensively discussed. Furthermore, the review emphasizes the analytical challenges faced by these techniques and highlights the opportunities for further development in the field of heavy metal detection.
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- Chaoqun Geng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Shandong Qingdao Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Qingdao, 266002, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Qingdao Institute for Food and Drug Control, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control, Jinan 250101, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Redeker FA, O’Malley K, McMahon WP, Jorabchi K. Solution Cathode Glow Discharge Coupled to Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization for Elemental Detection of S and P in Organic Compounds. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART B, ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 212:106858. [PMID: 38292419 PMCID: PMC10824527 DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2024.106858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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We report a post-plasma chemical ionization approach to evaluate solution cathode glow discharge (SCGD) for S and P elemental analysis. Here, the SCGD serves as a reactor to produce chemical vapors for S and P from organic compounds containing these elements, while a corona discharge operated in negative mode is used to ionize the products. The approach creates long-lived ions in atmospheric pressure, enabling direct investigation of chemical vapor products via mass spectrometric and ion mobility separations. The investigations indicate that SCGD converts S and P to H2SO4 and H3PO4, respectively. These species are then ionized as HSO4HNO3 - and H3PO4NO3HNO3- via reactions with NO3HNO3- produced by corona discharge. The response factors for P among several small molecules varies within 10% of the average response from the compounds, suggesting a reasonable species-independent characteristic. The response factors for S show larger variations among compounds, indicating a higher dependence of chemical vapor generation efficiency on analytes' chemical structures. Detection limits of 15 and 29 ng/mL are achieved for P and S detection, respectively. These figures are limited by background equivalent concentrations and low ion flux in the utilized ion mobility-time of flight mass spectrometer, indicating potential for significant improvements. In particular, the specificity of clustering for S and P-containing ions produced in this approach suggest facile analysis of S and P using quadrupole-based mass spectrometers for improved analytical performance.
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- Frenio A. Redeker
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37 and O streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37 and O streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37 and O streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Gorska M, Weiss J, Pohl P. Fast and simple analysis of the content of Zn, Mg, Ca, Na, and K in selected beverages widely consumed by athletes by flowing liquid cathode atmospheric pressure glow discharge optical emission spectrometry. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 15:1775-1789. [PMID: 36987853 DOI: 10.1039/d3ay00092c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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An atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) system, generated between a flowing liquid cathode (FLC) and a gas (He) jet anode, was applied for the determination of Zn, Mg, Ca, Na, and K in selected beverages commonly chosen by athletes (namely Coca-Cola Zero, energy and vitamin drinks, pre-workout, branched-chain amino acids, almond drink, and whey protein) by optical emission spectrometry (OES). In some cases (i.e., Coca-Cola, energy drink, and almond drink), sugared and sugar-free versions of the beverages were analyzed with the purpose of establishing the impact of added sugar on the analyte signal intensities. The analysis was performed after a simplified sample preparation procedure, which involved only their dilution and acidification with HNO3 to a concentration of 0.2 mol L-1. To determine the most suitable conditions for performing the analysis, optimization of the crucial operating parameters and sample dilution was carried out. Under the compromise conditions, the instrumental detection limits (DLs) were established and found to be 21, 0.91, 20, 0.062, and 0.14 μg L-1 for Zn, Mg, Ca, Na, and K, respectively. Due to the relatively low detection limits, the analyte content could be determined for a fairly high dilution, being concurrently the same for all analytes, which further simplified the whole procedure. It was found that the vast majority of samples could be determined using external calibration with simple standard solutions. The standard addition technique used for calibration was only required for the determination of Mg in three samples. The analysis results were consistent (in the majority of cases the recovery values were in the range of 88-111%) with the values obtained for the reference method (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, ICP-OES), which proved the reliability of the results obtained from the developed FLC-APGD-OES system.
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- Monika Gorska
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Development of a miniaturized hydride generation-dielectric barrier discharge atomic absorption spectrometer. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1229:340324. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Coupling of chemical vapor generation with atmospheric pressure glow discharge optical emission spectrometry generated in contact with flowing liquid electrodes for determination of Br in water samples. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lu Q, Feng Y, Luo H, Yu J, Kang Y. Enhanced Sensitivity for the Determination of Lithium by Miniaturized Liquid Cathode Glow Discharge (LCGD) Atomic Emission Spectrometry (AES) with the Addition of Surfactants. ANAL LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2022.2072856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Quanfang Lu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
- Editorial Department of the University Journal, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China
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Greda K, Welna M, Pohl P. Determination of Ag, Bi, Cd, Hg, Pb, Tl, and Zn by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry combined with vapor generation assisted by solution anode glow discharge - A preliminary study. Talanta 2022; 246:123500. [PMID: 35487012 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A new technique of vapor generation assisted by a microplasma was proposed for an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS). It was found that, by replacing a traditional pneumatic nebulizer with a microplasma (solution anode glow discharge, SAGD), analytical signals of Ag, Bi, Cd, Hg, Pb, Tl, and Zn were improved 8, 4, 13, 13, 9, 10, and 7 times, respectively. The main factor contributing to boosted analytical signal intensities was the higher analyte flux produced by the novel microplasma system. The measurement precision in SAGD-ICP MS was comparable to that achievable for ICP MS (with pneumatic nebulization), and it did not exceed 2%. The detection limits of Ag, Bi, Cd, Hg, Pb, Tl, and Zn in SAGD-ICP MS were 5, 2, 6, 5, 4, 10, and 20 ng L-1, respectively. The analytical performance of this method may be further improved if the observed memory effects could be minimized. To validate the trueness of the novel method, certified reference materials of lobster hepatopancreas (TORT-2), cormorant tissue (MODAS-4), and wastewater (ERM CA-713) were analyzed to determine traces of Cd, Hg, and Pb. Recoveries of certified values for these analytes were ranged from 91 to 111%, which indicated that the studied microplasma system in combination with ICP MS can be successfully used for very sensitive determinations of selected hazardous elements in environmental samples.
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- Krzysztof Greda
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland
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Cai Z, Wang Z. Evaluation of solution anode glow discharge as a vapor generator in ICP-OES procedures: Application to highly sensitive determination of Cd and Hg. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1203:339724. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Direct analysis of wines from the province of Lower Silesia (Poland) by microplasma source optical emission spectrometry. Food Chem 2022; 371:131178. [PMID: 34583186 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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New microplasma source optical emission spectrometry (OES) for the determination of Na, K, Mg, Ca, and Zn in wine was developed. As the microplasma source, a solution anode glow discharge (SAGD) or a solution cathode glow discharge (SCGD) were employed. The diluted samples solutions (0.5-2%) were directly analyzed (no acid digestion required) and the detection limits of Na, K, Mg, Ca, and Zn were 0.015, 0.03, 3, 12, and 0.1 µg L-1, respectively. The developed method was used for the analysis of wine samples from the province of Lower Silesia (Poland). It was found that 1) red wines were characterized by a higher content of K and Mg, 2) it was possible to discriminate between Regent and Pinot Noir grape varieties (both red) by the concentrations of K and Ca, 3) the concentration of Na in the analyzed wines was lower than that found in wines from other European countries.
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Gorska M, Pohl P. Application of atmospheric pressure glow discharge generated in contact with liquids for determination of chloride and bromide in water and juice samples by optical emission spectrometry. Talanta 2022; 237:122921. [PMID: 34736658 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Novel atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) microplasma systems, sustained between a miniaturized flowing anode (FLA) or cathode (FLC) and a He jet, were investigated for the direct determination of Br and Cl, using optical emission spectrometry (OES). The impact of the most crucial operating parameters, i.e., the acid type and its concentration, the discharge current, the gas flow rate, and the sample flow rate, was studied for each of the proposed APGD-based systems. Under the optimized conditions, the analytical figures of merit were determined. The susceptibility to the matrix effects of both developed methods was verified as well. It was found that the mechanism of the analytes transport into the discharge likely relied on the cathode sputtering in the case of FLC-APGD and the formation of the volatile Br and Cl species for FLA-APGD. The DLs of Br and Cl were established to be relatively high, i.e., 0.15 and 1.5 mg L-1 for FLA-APGD and 2.1 and 18 mg L-1 for FLC-APGD. However, both studied methods turned out to be resistant to the presence of foreign ions in a sample, at relatively high concentrations. Hence, the proposed methods could be successfully applied for the determination of Br and Cl in water and juices samples and no major differences between the results obtained using the external standard calibration and the standard addition method were found.
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- Monika Gorska
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Wybrzeze Stanislawa Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland
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Pan X, Lin Y, Su Y, Yang J, He L, Deng Y, Hou X, Zheng C. Methanol-Enhanced Liquid Electrode Discharge Microplasma-Induced Vapor Generation of Hg, Cd, and Zn: The Possible Mechanism and Its Application. Anal Chem 2021; 93:8257-8264. [PMID: 34077178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Despite increased interest in microplasma-induced vapor generation (μPIVG) over the past several years, applications in real sample analyses remain limited due to their relatively low vapor generation efficiency and ambiguous mechanism. In this work, a novel method using methanol for significantly enhancing the liquid electrode discharge μPIVG efficiency was developed for the simultaneous and sensitive determination of Hg, Cd, and Zn by atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS). It is worth noting that the possible enhancement mechanism was investigated via the characterizations of volatile products by AFS, microplasma optical emission spectrometry, online gas chromatography, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which involved the reductive species such as electrons, hydrogen radicals (·H), methyl radicals (·CH3), and other intermediates in the argon plasma adding methanol. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection of 0.007, 0.05, and 0.5 μg L-1 were obtained for Hg, Cd, and Zn, respectively, with relative standard deviations of 3.1, 3.7, and 5.2% for these elements, respectively. Vapor generation efficiencies of 90, 83, and 55% were achieved for Hg, Cd, and Zn, respectively, and improved 2.7-, 4.8-, and 7.9-fold, respectively, compared to those obtained in the absence of methanol. The accuracy and practicability of the proposed method were validated by the determination of Hg, Cd, and Zn in a certified reference material (CRM, Lobster hepatopancreas, TORT-3) and crayfish samples collected from three different provinces of China.
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- Xiaomin Pan
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China.,Analytical and Test Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of MOE, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
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