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On-site Determination of Trace Arsenic by Reflection-Absorption Colorimetry of Molybdenum Blue Collected on a Membrane Filter

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An on-site determination method for trace arsenic has been developed by collecting it as molybdenum blue (MB) in the presence of tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride on a mixed cellulose ester membrane filter and by measuring reflection absorbance (RA) of MB on the filter using a laboratory-made palm-top size reflection-absorbance colorimeter with a red light-emitting diode. The value of RA was proportional to the amount of arsenic up to 0.5 μg with a detection limit of 0.01 μg. The proposed method was successfully applied to soil extract and hot-spring water samples.

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  1. Yamanashi Institute of Public Health and Environment, 1-7-31 Fujimi, Kofu, 400-0027, Japan

    Yuya Hasegawa

  2. Graduate School, Faculty of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda, Kofu, 400-8511, Japan

    Yuya Hasegawa & Susumu Kawakubo

  3. Graduate School, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Takeda, Kofu, 400-8510, Japan

    Yasutada Suzuki

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Hasegawa, Y., Suzuki, Y. & Kawakubo, S. On-site Determination of Trace Arsenic by Reflection-Absorption Colorimetry of Molybdenum Blue Collected on a Membrane Filter. ANAL. SCI. 33, 859–862 (2017). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.33.859

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