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Determination of Arsenic in Water Samples by Using a Green Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Switchable Liquid-Solid Dispersive Microextraction Method

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A simple and green preconcentration method of hydrophobic to hydrophilic switchable liquid-solid dispersive microextraction (HSL-SDM) has been first time introduced as separation method for arsenic ion in real water samples. Multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was immobilized with diethylenetriamine (DETA) and then used as solid phase adsorbent for the determination of trace level of arsenic ion by HSL-SDM method prior to analysis by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry. Reversibly hydrophobic-hydrophilic switchable of functionalized MWCNT can occur due to the exposing of carbon dioxide (CO2) as anti-solvent trigger. The reversibly hydrophobic-hydrophilic switchable phenomena of immobilized MWCNT in the liquid-solid dispersive microextraction were checked by using FT-IR and SEM. The optimized analytical condition for arsenic ion analysis such as enrichment factor and limits of detection were obtained 83 and 3.05 ng L−1, respectively. Accuracy of the developed HSL-SDM method was confirmed by the analysis of certified reference materials. Our developed HSL-SDM method was successfully applicable for measurements of arsenic ions in real water samples.

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Jamshed Ali is grateful to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for being awarded “2216 Research Fellowship Program for Foreign Citizens” and providing financial support. The author also would like to thank the Gaziosmanpasa University for providing excellent research laboratory facilities to carry out this research work. Dr. Mustafa Tuzen thanks the Turkish Academy of Sciences for financial support.

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  1. Faculty of Science and Arts, Chemistry Department, Gaziosmanpaşa University, 60250, Tokat, Turkey

    Jamshed Ali & Mustafa Tuzen

  2. National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Pakistan

    Jamshed Ali & Tasneem G. Kazi

  3. Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Mustafa Tuzen

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Ali, J., Tuzen, M. & Kazi, T.G. Determination of Arsenic in Water Samples by Using a Green Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Switchable Liquid-Solid Dispersive Microextraction Method. Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 34 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-3211-6

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