Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1181, Issue 1-2, Pages 60-66Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.12.065
Keywords
ion chromatography; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; dynamic reaction cell; speciation analysis; selenium; tellurium; biological samples
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An ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric (IC-ICP-MS) method for the speciation of selenium and tellurium compounds namely selenite [Se(IV)], selenate [Se(VI)], Se-methylselenocysteine (MeSeCys), selenomethione (SeMet), tellurite [Te(IV)] and tellurate [Te(Vl)] is described. Chromatographic separation is performed in gradient elution mode using 0.5 mmol L-1 ammonium citrate in 2% methanol (pH 3.7) and 20 mmol L-1 ammonium citrate in 2% methanol (pH 8.0). The analyses are carried out using dynamic reaction cell (DRC) ICP-MS. The DRC conditions have also been optimized to obtain interference free measurements of Se-78(+) and Se-80(+) which are otherwise interfered by (ArAr+)-Ar-38-Ar-40 and (ArAr+)-Ar-40-Ar-40, respectively. The detection limits of the procedure are in the range 0.01-0.03 ng SemL(-1) and 0.01-0.08 ng Te mL(-1), respectively. The accuracy of the method has been verified by comparing the sum of the concentrations of individual species obtained by the present procedure with the total concentration of the elements in two NIST SRMs Whole Milk Powder RM 8435 and Rice Flour SRM 1568a. The selenium and tellurium species are extracted from milk powder and rice flour samples by using Protease XIV at 70 degrees C on a water bath for 30 min. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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