Abstract
The role of nitrite (NO2−) and nitrate (NO3−) is essential in the global nitrogen cycle. Monitoring their concentration in environmental and industrial aqueous samples, surface water, soil, food and agricultural products are of high importance. Especially, the effect of anthropogenic emission, i.e., intensified agriculture is essential due to the overuse of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. The most widely utilized methods for nitrate and nitrite determination are colorimetry, potentiometry, UV absorption and liquid chromatography. Among them, UV spectroscopy is the most frequently used technique due to the fact of its versatility and simplicity. However, there are industrial and academic needs to develop new methods to overcome some drawbacks of the currently used techniques such as an inadequate limit of detection and potential interferences with organic compounds in the sample. In this paper, we report on the development of a new analytical method based on capillary electrophoresis separation with high-sensitivity UV detection, capable of measuring trace concentrations of nitrite and nitrate well below the current limits of UV spectroscopy methods. During the development process special attention was paid to practical aspects, i.e., the method was tested to quantify nitrate and nitrite in various surface water samples.
Funder
Széchenyi Plan Plus program
Subject
Filtration and Separation,Analytical Chemistry
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