Contamination of spacecraft water by heavy metals, such as cadmium and lead, is of growing concern. As a consequence, there is need for a rapid, on-board, easy-to-use method for the determination of cadmium(II) at low ppb levels in spacecraft drinking water supplies. This paper describes the preliminary development of a method for the selective, low level determination of cadmium(II) based on colorimetric-solid phase extraction (C-SPE) [1, 2]. In C-SPE, an analyte is extracted from a water sample onto a membrane that has been previously impregnated with a colorimetric reagent, and then quantified as its colorimetric complex directly on the membrane surface using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Results from preliminary tests that screened the performance of 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-3-(4-phenyl-azophenyl)triazene (cadion), and organic dyes, rhodamine B, brilliant green, and methyl violet as colorimetric reagents for potential use in a C-SPE analysis of cadmium(II) are described.


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    Title :

    Detection of Cadmium(II) in Water Using Colorimetric-Solid Phase Extraction


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2005



    Publication date :

    2005-07-11




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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