Determination of arsenic in acid mine drainage and river water in Ranau, Sabah
The colorimetric analysis of arsenic (As) in aqueous solution according to the molybdenum blue method was investigated. Maximum absorbance reading can be obtained at λ =880 nm at least 20 minutes after addition of molybdate reagent to the arsenate, As(V) solution. The absorbance-concentration rel...
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| Language: | en |
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2008
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| Summary: | The colorimetric analysis of arsenic (As) in aqueous solution according to the
molybdenum blue method was investigated. Maximum absorbance reading can be
obtained at λ =880 nm at least 20 minutes after addition of molybdate reagent to the
arsenate, As(V) solution. The absorbance-concentration relationship obeyed the Beer-
Lambert law at low arsenate concentrations (≤5 µgmL⁻¹) but showed a negative deviation
at high (>5 µgmL⁻¹) concentrations. At fixed arsenate concentration, the presence of
phosphate ion gave a higher absorbance reading, which increased with the increase in
phosphate concentration. Analysis of river water and acid mine drainage( AMD) samples
gave total As concentration in the range of 0.013-0.019 µgmL⁻¹ (Mean=0.016f0.003
µgmL⁻¹) and 0.012-0.024 µgmL⁻¹ (Mean=0.017±0.005 µgmL⁻¹), respectively. These
values are higher than the WHO guideline value (0.01 µgmL⁻¹) for arsenic concentration
in water. Arsenite, As(III), and arsenate, As(V), is dominant in river water and AMD,
respectively. |
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