MULTIELEMENT DETERMINATION OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN COASTAL SEAWATERBY INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY AFTER PRECONCENTRATION USING CHELATING RESIN
H. Sawatari et al., MULTIELEMENT DETERMINATION OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN COASTAL SEAWATERBY INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY AFTER PRECONCENTRATION USING CHELATING RESIN, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 68(11), 1995, pp. 3065-3070
Rare earth elements in coastal seawater were preconcentrated by using
chelating resin in a batch method and determined simultaneously by ind
uctively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). In this procedure,
matrix components (Na, K, Mg, and Ca) were eliminated to reduce matri
x effects in ICP-MS analysis and rare earth elements were concentrated
by a concentration factor of 100. The pH dependence of the recovery,
resin amounts, amount of ammonium acetate for washing, and elution of
adsorbed metals with nitric acid were examined in details to optimize
the experimental conditions in sample pretreatment. All rare earth ele
ments in coastal seawater were determined at the ppt or sub-ppt level
successfully by the present analytical method.