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Determination of total arsenic and speciation of As(III) and As(V) in ground water by charged particle activation analysis

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The ability of charged particle activation analysis (CPAA) to determine at trace level of arsenic directly in ground water has been reported in this paper. The CPAA has been applied to determine total arsenic, As(III) and As(V) species in ground water collected from eastern part of India using ~16 MeV proton beam. The speciation of As(III) and As(V) was carried out using DOWEX 1 × 8 resin. The total arsenic concentrations were also determined by other conventional techniques for validation and values are in good agreement with that obtained by CPAA. As(III) concentration was found to be double than that of As(V) in ground water sample.

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Acknowledgments

We sincerely acknowledge the support of cyclotron staff for the availability of ion beam to carry out the irradiations. We are also grateful to Dr. B. N. Jagatap, Director, Chemistry Group, and Dr. A. V. R. Reddy, Head, Analytical Chemistry Division, BARC, for their support and encouragement. Authors thank to Cyclotron staffs, VECC and Health Physics Division, BARC, VECC, for their help and support during the handing of radioactive materials. The Authors are also thankful to Mr. A. A. Mallick, ACD, BARC, VECC, for his co-operation during counting measurements and technical helps.

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  1. Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India

    J. Datta, S. Dasgupta & D. P. Chowdhury

  2. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India

    R. Guin

  3. Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    M. Venkatesh & S. Suvarna

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Datta, J., Dasgupta, S., Guin, R. et al. Determination of total arsenic and speciation of As(III) and As(V) in ground water by charged particle activation analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 308, 927–933 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4571-x

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