Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of Cr, As, Se, and Other Trace Metal Elements in Seawater by ICP-MS with Hybrid Simultaneous Preconcentration Combining Iron Hydroxide Coprecipitation and Solid Phase Extraction Using Chelating Resin

Table 2

Analytical results for Cr, As, Se and other trace metals in coastal seawater (Izu Oshima, the senzu coast) determined by ICP-MS with hybrid preconcentration combining iron hydroxide coprecipitation and solid phase extraction using chelating resin.

ElementCell gas modem/zConcentrationRecoveryBlank value/ μgL−1/ μgL−1/ μgL−1
Observed / μgL−1RSD/%Mean / %RSD/%

TiHe470.027 ± 0.00932.796.9 ± 0.850.88n.d. 0.0720.0074
VHe511.87 ± 0.084.0100.5 ± 0.990.990.0010.00240.00024
Cr (III)He520.24 ± 0.027.496.3 ± 0.50.560.0180.0130.0013
CoHe590.012 ± 0.0017.188.6 ± 0.570.640.0060.00120.00014
NiHe600.22 ± 0.015.8105.0 ± 3.23.30.0120.00310.0031
CuHe630.17 ± 0.0210.3104.7 ± 1.92.00.0340.0210.0021
ZnHe661.85 ± 0.031.886.8 ± 1.92.20.0770.0580.0067
GeHe720.72 ± 0.045.265.5 ± 1.92.80.310.00180.00027
As (III + V)He751.34 ± 0.054.090.8 ± 0.840.920.00120.00240.00026
Se (IV)H2780.0324 ± 0.00020.871.1 ± 0.170.24n.d. 0.00210.00029
ZrHe900.055 ± 0.0046.985.8 ± 2.32.6n.d. 0.00720.00084
CdHe1110.013 ± 0.00211.791.5 ± 0.530.58n.d. 0.00060.00007
SnHe1180.065 ± 0.00812.799.1 ± 0.570.570.00610.0110.0011
SbHe1210.23 ± 0.0311.549.1 ± 0.390.800.00080.00030.00006
WHe1820.020 ± 0.0015.198.6 ± 0.160.170.0020.00290.00029
PbHe2080.087 ± 0.0110.498.9 ± 3.83.90.00230.00550.00056
UHe2383.0 ± 0.25.2103.0 ± 0.0100.010n.d. 0.00110.00011

(a) Mean ±σ(standard deviation),n=3, The observed values with asterisk were corrected by the blank values over 10% of the observed values.
(b) : instrumental detection limit. (c) : analytical detection limit. (d) Not detected.