Detection of heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater by UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticle enhanced LIBS method
XIA Zhilin1,2,3,, KONG Linghao1,2, HU Xingyun1,2, PENG Xianjia1,2,3,, 1.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 2.Beijing Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract:The components of strongly acidic wastewater are generally complex, while the conventional detection methods are difficult to determine the heavy metals in this stream quickly and accurately. Therefore, a method for detecting heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater was established based on combination of sample curing pretreatment and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The strongly acidic wastewater was quickly solidified under UV irradiation, and silver nanoparticles were used to enhance the LIBS spectral strength, realizing the fast and accurate analysis of heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater. The results indicated that the curing agents (acrylic acid and acrylamide) polymerized to form a long chain polymer through the initiator (2-hydroxyl-4′-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylphenylacetone) under UV irradiation, and the hydrogen bond between the branches on long-chain polymer was formed to promote the formation of the network structure, then the strongly acidic wastewater was effectively gel curing under the condition of wide acidity. Besides, coating the gel surface with silver nanoparticles can enhance the ablation intensity of laser on the sample surface and then improve the LIBS spectral intensity. The spectral intensities of Cu(I) 324.75 nm, Ni(I) 218.64 nm and Zn(II) 206.12 nm excited by LIBS were significantly higher than those of silver nanoparticles. Under the optimized solidification conditions and LIBS parameters, the detection limits of Cu, Ni and Zn ions in strongly acidic wastewater were 1.489, 1.512 and 4.886 mg?L?1, respectively. The results of standard recoveries of Cu, Ni and Zn ions analyzed by UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticle enhanced LIBS show that this method has good accuracy and stability for heavy metal analysis in strongly acidic wastewater. In short, UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticle enhanced LIBS can realize the rapid detection of heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater with good accuracy and stability, providing technological support for future efforts on detection of heavy metal throughout treatment of strongly acidic wastewater. Key words:strongly acidic wastewater/ UV irradiation/ gel solidification/ nanoparticle enhanced LIBS/ heavy metals.
图1LIBS实验装置示意图 Figure1.Schematic diagram of LIBS system
图10紫外凝胶固化-纳米颗粒增强LIBS对Cu2+、Ni2+ 和Zn2+分析的标准曲线 Figure10.Standard curves for Cu2+, Ni2+ and Zn2+ analysis with UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticles enhanced LIBS
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1.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 2.Beijing Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Received Date: 2020-05-13 Accepted Date: 2020-06-13 Available Online: 2020-08-12 Keywords:strongly acidic wastewater/ UV irradiation/ gel solidification/ nanoparticle enhanced LIBS/ heavy metals Abstract:The components of strongly acidic wastewater are generally complex, while the conventional detection methods are difficult to determine the heavy metals in this stream quickly and accurately. Therefore, a method for detecting heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater was established based on combination of sample curing pretreatment and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The strongly acidic wastewater was quickly solidified under UV irradiation, and silver nanoparticles were used to enhance the LIBS spectral strength, realizing the fast and accurate analysis of heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater. The results indicated that the curing agents (acrylic acid and acrylamide) polymerized to form a long chain polymer through the initiator (2-hydroxyl-4′-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylphenylacetone) under UV irradiation, and the hydrogen bond between the branches on long-chain polymer was formed to promote the formation of the network structure, then the strongly acidic wastewater was effectively gel curing under the condition of wide acidity. Besides, coating the gel surface with silver nanoparticles can enhance the ablation intensity of laser on the sample surface and then improve the LIBS spectral intensity. The spectral intensities of Cu(I) 324.75 nm, Ni(I) 218.64 nm and Zn(II) 206.12 nm excited by LIBS were significantly higher than those of silver nanoparticles. Under the optimized solidification conditions and LIBS parameters, the detection limits of Cu, Ni and Zn ions in strongly acidic wastewater were 1.489, 1.512 and 4.886 mg?L?1, respectively. The results of standard recoveries of Cu, Ni and Zn ions analyzed by UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticle enhanced LIBS show that this method has good accuracy and stability for heavy metal analysis in strongly acidic wastewater. In short, UV irradiation induced gel solidification-nanoparticle enhanced LIBS can realize the rapid detection of heavy metals in strongly acidic wastewater with good accuracy and stability, providing technological support for future efforts on detection of heavy metal throughout treatment of strongly acidic wastewater.