Arsenic and antimony speciation analysis in the environment using hyphenated techniques to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: a review Online publication date: Tue, 01-Dec-2009
by M. Espinosa Bosch, A.J. Ruiz Sanchez, F. Sanchez Rojas, C. Bosch Ojeda
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol. 5, No. 1/2, 2010
Abstract: Elemental speciation involves the separation and quantification of different oxidation states or chemical forms of a particular trace element. Trace metals exhibit widely different toxicities depending on their elemental species in the environment. On the other hand, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is considered to be the method of choice for elemental analysis for several reasons. In this review, the speciation analysis of arsenic and antimony in environmental samples using ICP-MS detection is described. In this sense, the use of ICP-MS coupled with various separation techniques (e.g., HPLC, CE, GC, etc.) for the purpose of elemental speciation has recently gained a lot of attention.
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