Distribution of Arsenic Species in Surface Water Using Flow Injection Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Furnace Method

Swapnila Roy
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Swapnila Roy: West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Kolkata, India

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2018, vol. 12, issue 4, 104-110

Abstract: Arsenic has been considered detrimental to human health when accumulated in the body beyond the tolerance level. The toxicity level of certain species (like As3+) of Arsenic is higher than others, making the situation worse for human health with its presence. In this study, we used a combination of two principal atomic absorption spectroscopic methods, namely Flame-FIAS and the Furnace technique, to determine the distribution of inorganic Arsenic species in a synthetic sample. The Flame-FIAS technique was employed to determine the amount of toxic As3+ present in the samples and the Furnace method was used to measure the total Arsenic content. Following standardization of this experimental process, we used the technique to determine the distribution of inorganic Arsenic species in environmental samples with high total Arsenic content. Since the samples were collected from surface water systems, the conditions are supposed to be oxidizing. As per the natural geochemical distribution phenomena of Arsenic species, As5+ was found predominantly (around the range of 10-18 μg/l) in all samples, validating the process of species identification. In groundwater samples, conditions being reducing, the As3+ species is supposed to be predominant.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2018.12.555843

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