Species transformation

Hintelmann H, Evans RD. 1997. Application of stable isotopes in environmental tracer studies — measurement of monomethyhnercury (CKjEg ) by isotope dilution ICP-MS and detection of species transformation. Fresenius J Anal Chem 358 378-385. 

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Encinar et al. [128] used a spike containing 119Sn enriched mono-, di-, and tributyltin to determine butyltin compounds in seawater GC-ICPMS. Reverse spiking was used to assess species transformation during derivativisation. 

Figure 1.2 E-pH diagram for Na species. Soluble species concentrations (except H+) = 10° ° M. Soluble species and most solids are hydrated. No agents producing complexes or insoluble compounds are present other than HOH and OH . Species transformations take place at constant pH.

Step (4). Writing equations. Each line on the diagram symbolizes a species transformation. The following equations represent these reactions. 

Uncontrolled species transformations during analysis form another source of error. For methylmercury determinations in sediments it was demonstrated that errors of up to 80% resulted from the formation of the compound from inorganic mercury during separation and analysis [28, 29], For the study of possible species transformations during analysis multiple isotope dilution could be used as a diagnostic tool for identifying the error and bias inherent in specific methods of storage, sample preparation and measurement [30, 31]. 

When the surface of fully dehydrated MgO is contacted with ethylene oxide at RT (260), the first surface product formed is the a adduct between the ethylene oxide molecules and the most coordinatively unsaturated Mg2+ ions of the surface, presumably localized on edges, steps, and corners (hereafter Mg ) (Fig. 9 IR bands labeled A) (Scheme 6). This first step is not unexpected since ethylene oxide, with its medium base strength, acts as a surface probe for the most reactive Lewis acid sites (three- and fourfold coordinated Mg2+ ions). This precursor species transforms at RT into a truly chemisorbed species, leading to the formation of a structure plausibly suggested to be the cyclic structure represented below (bands B in Fig. 9) because of the nucleophilic attack of the basic coordinatively unsaturated oxygen ion (O ) in adjacent position on the CH2 group (Scheme 7). 

The most frequent, reliable approach for element speciation in real samples today uses combined - or hyphenated - techniques, where species are selectively separated (e.g., by a chromatographic technique) and then the elements in the various chemical forms are selectively detected. To enhance the quality of measurements, molecule-selective detection is also coupled to separation devices. These combinations provide extended flexibility and broad applicability. Disadvantages are that, as complexity increases, the risk increases of system failure. Besides, species equilibrium can be drastically altered during separation due to dilution, some components can be removed, and so on. Under such conditions, species transformation and destruction is a likely consequence. Therefore, the total separation time should be shorter than the transformation rate of species. Figure 17.1 gives an overview of the strategy and various speciation methods mostly used for element speciation in human milk. 

Introduction to Derivatization For many years derivatization by alkylation -especially as ethylation, but also as propylation - has been applied to transform Hg species into volatile Hg species before measurement with hyphenated techniques [2, 50, 52]. Sodium tetraphenylborate (NaBPh4) was also used for derivatization prior to measurement with GC-MIP-AED [53], Studies of possible species transformation, for example, during the analytical procedure, have been carried out with isotope-specific determination methods. The results showed that a direct ethylation of Me-Hg in an atmospheric precipitation sample by NaBEt4 produced no significant amount of artifactual Me-Hg [54]. Others investigated the species transformation processes in synthetic solutions to simulate environmental matrices. From the experiments it could be concluded that the species conversion, for example, of Me-Hg into zerovalent Hg, depends on the concentration levels of the halide [2]. Furthermore, the procedural order is of great importance, for example, ethylation should be done after addition of the organic phase to avoid species transformation [55]. 

To study the abiotic formation of Me-Hg from Hg2+ as well as demethylation of Me-Hg to Hg2+ in biological tissues during treatment with TMAH, enriched isotope standards from Me198Hg and 201Hg2+ were added to the samples to monitor species transformation and to apply species-specific isotope dilution (SSID) calibration. The HPLC instrumental set-up with a C18 column and an aqueous phase eluent was directly coupled to ICP-MS [31]. 

J. Qvarnstrom, W. Freeh, Mercury species transformations during sample pre-treatment of biological tissues studied by HPLC-ICP-MS, J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 17 (2002), 1486-1491. 

Fig. 21 Zero-dimensional dimeric zinc oxalate species transform progressively to chain, layered and 3-D structures with increasing temperature.71 Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2005, Wiley-VCH.

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The boundaries running diagonally display species transformations, which depend on pH and EH. After Eq. 59... 

The volume fraction of the atmosphere occupied by aerosols in the form of solid or semisolid particles, cloud and fog droplets is always very small. However, aerosols are the sites of a rich chemistry at low and medium altitudes involving ionic, redox and surface reactions that would otherwise not take place [1]. They influence gas-phase chemistry acting as sinks of reactive species, transforming and sending back trace substances to the gas phase... 

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