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Vortex-assisted hydrophobic natural deep eutectic solvent liquid-liquid microextraction for the removal of silver ions from environmental water

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This study presents a novel approach for the quantification of silver ions in environmental water through the utilization of liquid-liquid microextraction, employing natural deep eutectic solvents in conjunction with inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy. The extracted solvent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The impact of various extractant types, extractant molar ratio, extractant volume, extraction time, and salt concentration on the efficacy of silver ion extraction was investigated. The findings indicate that the optimal extraction efficiency was attained by utilizing a 5-mL aqueous solution volume, containing 1000 μL thymol/lactic acid NADES 1:3, a salt concentration of 1 mg mL−1, a pH value of 4, and a vortex time of 4 min. Upon implementing the optimized experimental conditions, the recovery of target metal ions was from 96.9 to 101.0%. The relative standard deviations were observed to be within the range of 1.5 to 2.7%. The present study demonstrates the reproducibility, accuracy, and reliability of the method for detecting silver ions in environmental water, with linear range of 5~1000 ng mL−1 and limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantification (LOQ) of 1.52 ng mL−1 and 5.02 ng mL−1, respectively.

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The authors also appreciate the facilities rendered by the National Coarse Cereals Engineering Research Center and Agricultural Products and Processed Products Supervision and Testing Center, Ministry of Agriculture, for the facilities rendered. We thank Home for Researchers (www.home-for-researchers.com) for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.

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    Chao Wang, Shuo Li, Peng Sun, Zhao Yu & Xue Yang

  2. Agricultural Products and Processed Products Supervision and Testing Center, Ministry of Agriculture, National Coarse Cereals Engineering Research Center, Daqing, 163319, China

    Shuo Li, Peng Sun & Xue Yang

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    Shuo Li, Peng Sun & Xue Yang

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Wang, C., Li, S., Sun, P. et al. Vortex-assisted hydrophobic natural deep eutectic solvent liquid-liquid microextraction for the removal of silver ions from environmental water. Anal Bioanal Chem 416, 873–882 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-05073-z

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