Field analysis of environmental samples using *a portable capillary electrophoresis instrument

S. F.Y. Li, H. Wei, T. Wang, Y. Wu

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Abstract

By incorporating a new electrochemical detector based on potential gradient detection, a portable capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrument for field analysis has been developed. The portable CE instrument can be used for detecting a board range of ionizable species in aqueous solutions. The detection limits of the instrument for most ions were around 0.1 ppm with a linear range of three orders of magnitude. Ions in mineral water (K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, CO32-) and bromate in drinking water were analyzed as examples with the portable capillary electrophoresis instrument.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-58
Number of pages8
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4199
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
EventWater, Ground, and Air Pollution Monitoring Remediation - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: 6 Nov 20007 Nov 2000

Keywords

  • Capillary electrophoresis
  • Electrochemical detector
  • Ions analysis
  • Portable CE
  • Potential gradient detection

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