A flow injection analysis system for monitoring silver (I) ion and iodine residuals in recycled water from recovery systems used for spaceflight
Abstract
A laboratory-built flow injection analyzer is reported for monitoring the drinking water disinfectants silver (I) ion and iodine in water produced from NASA's water recovery system. This analyzer uses spectrophotometric detection with a custom made 10cm optical flow cell. Optimization and interference studies are discussed for the silver (I) ion configuration. Subsequent results using the silver (I) configuration with minor modifications and alternative reagents gave promising results for iodine determinations as well. The estimated MDL values for Ag+ and I2 are 52μgL-1 Ag+ and 2μgL-1 I2; the mean percent recoveries were 104% and 96.2% for Ag+ and I2 respectfully; and percent relative standard deviations were estimated at 1.4% for Ag+ and 5.7% for I2. The agreement of this potentially multifunctional analyzer to reference methods for each respective water disinfectant is measured using Bland-Altman analysis as well as more traditional estimates. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Publication Title
Analytica Chimica Acta
Recommended Citation
Williamson, J., & Emmert, G. (2013). A flow injection analysis system for monitoring silver (I) ion and iodine residuals in recycled water from recovery systems used for spaceflight. Analytica Chimica Acta, 792, 72-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2013.07.011
