Water-soluble and total sulfur in particulate matter determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Dynamic Reaction Cell Mass Spectrometry (ICP-DRC-MS)

Suk Fun Kan; Peter A. Tanner

doi:10.1071/EN05076

Water-soluble and total sulfur in particulate matter determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Dynamic Reaction Cell Mass Spectrometry (ICP-DRC-MS)

Suk Fun Kan
, Peter A. Tanner

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An instrumental method has been developed for the determination of sulfur in particulate matter using inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry. The reaction gas O₂ was employed to convert S ⁺ into the diatomic species SO⁺, and analysed at two different mass-to-charge ratios. The limit of detection for the ³²S¹⁶O⁺ determination is ∼1 ng Sm ^-3. The method has the advantages that not only soluble sulfur (as commonly analysed by ion chromatography) but also total sulfur can be determined on the same instrument as many metal species. The mean values (± standard deviations) for a spring sampling program of particulate matter of diameter less than 10μm(PM₁₀) in Hong Kong (n = 13) for soluble and total S were 5.2 ±1.2μgm^-3 and 5.5 ± 1.3 μgm^-3 respectively. These values are quite low owing to a predominantly easterly airstream. Sulfur in PM₁₀ is strongly correlated with the crustal species Ca, Al and Mn. © CSIRO 2006.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-153
Journal	Environmental Chemistry
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/EN05076
Publication status	Published - 2006

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This work was supported by the City University of Hong Kong Research Grant 9360099.

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Atomic spectrometry
Particulate matter
Sulfate
Sulfur

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