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Proceedings of the 36th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Separation and spectrophotometric determination of very low levels of Cr(VI) in water samples by novel pyridine-functionalized mesoporous silica

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Pages 509-521 | Received 23 Nov 2010, Accepted 07 Jun 2011, Published online: 09 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

A modified SBA-15 mesoporous silica was developed, as an adsorbent, for the removal of Cr(VI) ions from natural-water samples. The effects of experimental parameters, including pH of solution, sample and eluent flow rate, the eluent composition, the eluent volume, and the effect of coexisting ions on the separation and determination of Cr(VI), were investigated. It was shown that Cr(VI) was selectively adsorbed from aqueous solution at pH 3, but Cr(III) could be adsorbed from solution at alkaline pH range. The retained Cr(VI) was eluted with 0.5 mol L−1 KCl solution in 0.1 mol L−1 Na2CO3 subsequently. Under the optimum conditions, the modified mesoporous silica (py-SBA-15) with a high pore diameter exhibited an adsorption capacity of 136 mg g−1 and a lower limit of detection than 2.3 µg L−1 by using diphenylcarbazide as a chromophorous reagent for the determination of Cr(VI) ions. A preconcentration factor as high as 200 was calculated for Cr(VI). The loaded py-SBA-15 can be reactivated with recovery of more than 98.5% over at least eight cycles. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for Cr(VI) ion recovery was less than 1.8%. Validation of the outlined method was performed by analysing a certified reference material (BCR 544). The proposed method was applied to determine Cr(VI) value in natural and waste water samples successfully.

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