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Optimization of rapid ammonia nitrogen determination in seawater using Nessler reagent spectrophotometery
Received date: 2024-12-22
Revised date: 2025-03-09
Online published: 2025-03-17
Supported by
Key Research and Development Social Development Project of Hainan Province(ZDYF2022SHFZ084)
Key Research and Development High tech Project of Hainan Province(ZDYF2023GXJS165)
The complex salt components in seawater or other saline water may cause turbidity when measuring ammonia nitrogen by Nessler’s reagent colorimetric method. In this study, interference from Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn and other ions in seawater was eliminated by precisely matching sample salinity with the dosage of potassium sodium tartrate as a masking agent. The Nessler reagent spectrophotometery for rapid ammonia nitrogen determination was thus optimized. The results indicate that 1% potassium sodium tartrate solution is suitable for ammonia nitrogen determination in samples with salinity below 17.3‰, while 2% potassium sodium tartrate solution can be used for samples with salinity ranging from 4.5‰ to 34.1‰ under experimental conditions. The method’s detection range was 0.1-8.0 mg·L-1, with a detection limit of 0.03 mg·L-1. The spiked recovery rates of samples ranged from 96% to 105%, and the standard deviation of parallel samples was less than 3.94%. The method offers simple operation, a wide linear range, good sensitivity and accuracy, and broad applicability.
HUANG Chunhui , WEN Chang , XIA Qing , HUANG Weiwei , WANG Xiangguang , YANG Fei . Optimization of rapid ammonia nitrogen determination in seawater using Nessler reagent spectrophotometery[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2025 , 44(5) : 201 -208 . DOI: 10.11978/2024237
表1 不同盐度的海水样品在不同浓度酒石酸钾钠溶液下的吸光度Tab. 1 Absorbance of seawater samples with various salinities under different concentrations of potassium sodium tartrate solution |
| 样品盐度/‰ | 不同酒石酸钾钠溶液浓度下的吸光值 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | |
| 34.1 | - | 0.487±0.004 | 0.516±0.006 | - |
| 25.7 | - | 0.502±0.005 | 0.509±0.005 | - |
| 17.3 | 0.486±0.008 | 0.494±0.001 | 0.510±0.004 | - |
| 9.0 | 0.473±0.005 | 0.496±0.002 | - | - |
| 4.5 | 0.496±0.002 | 0.586±0.009 | - | - |
| 2.3 | 0.496±0.002 | - | - | - |
注: - 表示目测浑浊 |
表2 不同盐度的海水样品在1%酒石酸钾钠溶液和不同纳氏试剂用量下的吸光度Tab. 2 Absorbance of seawater samples with various salinities prepared with 1% potassium sodium tartrate solution and different dosages of Nessler’s reagent |
| 样品盐度/‰ | 纳氏试剂体积/mL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 | |
| 34.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25.7 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.407±0.002 |
| 17.3 | - | - | 0.394±0.004 | 0.398±0.001 | 0.405±0.002 | 0.420±0.002 |
| 9.0 | 0.341±0.002 | 0.391±0.004 | 0.409±0.003 | 0.430±0.004 | 0.429±0.005 | 0.409±0.001 |
| 4.5 | 0.367±0.003 | 0.391±0.003 | 0.415±0.003 | 0.419±0.003 | 0.423±0.004 | 0.426±0.004 |
| 2.3 | 0.358±0.002 | 0.391±0.004 | 0.414±0.004 | 0.419±0.003 | 0.423±0.003 | 0.426±0.003 |
注: - 表示目测浑浊 |
表3 不同盐度的海水样品在2%酒石酸钾钠溶液和不同纳氏试剂用量下的吸光度Tab. 3 Absorbance of seawater samples with various salinities prepared with 2% potassium sodium tartrate solution and different dosages of Nessler’s reagent |
| 样品盐度/‰ | 纳氏试剂体积/mL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 | |
| 34.1 | - | - | - | 0.405±0.002 | 0.441±0.002 | 0.444±0.001 |
| 25.7 | - | - | 0.478±0.004 | 0.495±0.001 | 0.491±0.001 | 0.498±0.002 |
| 17.3 | - | 0.445±0.006 | 0.478±0.006 | 0.485±0.001 | 0.494±0.002 | 0.494±0.002 |
| 9.0 | - | 0.473±0.005 | 0.498±0.003 | 0.494±0.002 | 0.498±0.002 | 0.514±0.003 |
| 4.5 | - | 0.497±0.006 | 0.551±0.007 | 0.521±0.004 | 0.542±0.004 | 0.529±0.005 |
| 2.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
注: - 表示目测浑浊 |
表4 固定20%氢氧化钠溶液时不同浓度酒石酸钾钠溶液和样品盐度对吸光度的影响Tab. 4 Effects of different potassium sodium tartrate solutions and sample salinities on absorbance with fixed 20% NaOH solution |
| 样品盐度/‰ | 不同酒石酸钾钠溶液浓度下的吸光值 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | |
| 34.1 | - | 0.640±0.004 | 0.652±0.006 | - |
| 25.7 | - | 0.645±0.005 | 0.614±0.004 | - |
注: - 表示目测浑浊 |
表5 1%酒石酸钾钠用量为1mL时20%氢氧化钠溶液用量对吸光度的影响(海水样品的氨氮浓度分别为0mg·L-1和4.0mg·L-1)Tab. 5 Effects of 20% NaOH solution dosage on absorbance with 1 mL of 1% potassium sodium tartrate (The ammonia nitrogen concentrations of the seawater samples were 0 mg·L-1 and 4.0 mg·L-1 respectively) |
| 样品盐度/‰ | 20%氢氧化钠溶液使用量/mL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | ||||||
| 0mg·L-1 | 4mg·L-1 | 0mg·L-1 | 4mg·L-1 | 0mg·L-1 | 4mg·L-1 | 0mg·L-1 | 4mg·L-1 | 0mg·L-1 | 4mg·L-1 | |
| 34.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.067±0.002 | 0.499±0.002 | 0.055±0.002 | - |
| 27.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.052±0.002 | 0.482±0.002 | 0.054±0.001 | 0.532±0.003 | 0.050±0.001 | - |
| 20.6 | - | - | 0.066±0.001 | 0.489±0.005 | 0.053±0.002 | 0.499±0.003 | 0.050±0.001 | 0.553±0.003 | 0.052±0.002 | - |
注: - 表示目测浑浊 |
表6 样品加标回收率测定结果Tab. 6 Determination results of sample spike recovery rates |
| 样品 | 测定值/(mg·L-1) | 标准偏差 | 加标量/(mg·L-1) | 测得总量/(mg·L-1) | 加标回收率/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 养殖尾水1 | 2.74 | 0.030 | 2.58 | 5.35 | 100.80 |
| 养殖尾水2 | 1.94 | 0.019 | 1.90 | 3.79 | 97.06 |
| 人工海水 | 2.07 | 0.019 | 2.00 | 4.17 | 105.10 |
| 感潮湖水 | 1.16 | 0.025 | 2.00 | 3.18 | 96.22 |
| 海洋牧场 | 0.70 | 0.019 | 1.00 | 1.67 | 96.89 |
表7 配制的已知氨氮浓度样品测定结果Tab. 7 Determination results of prepared samples with known ammonia nitrogen concentrations |
| 样品名称 | 氨氮含量/(mg·L-1) | 测定值/(mg·L-1) | 标准偏差 | 相对误差/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.1‰无氨海水1 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.020 | -4.20 |
| 34.1‰无氨海水2 | 3.00 | 3.05 | 0.029 | 1.78 |
| 34.1‰无氨海水3 | 6.00 | 6.07 | 0.026 | 1.11 |
| 32.7‰人工海水1 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.011 | 8.07 |
| 32.7‰人工海水2 | 3.00 | 3.14 | 0.039 | 4.58 |
| 32.7‰人工海水3 | 6.00 | 6.13 | 0.037 | 2.14 |
| 17.8‰无氨海水 | 5.00 | 5.02 | 0.028 | 0.79 |
| 8.9‰无氨海水 | 2.00 | 2.09 | 0.030 | 1.46 |
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