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Spectrophotometric determination of polyacrylamide in waters

containing dissolved organic matter

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By: Lu, JH (Lu, JH); Wu, L (Wu, L)

19 Times Cited
32 Cited References

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Volume: 49 Issue: 9 Pages: 4177-4182

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DOI: 10.1021/jf010430o
Published: SEP 2001

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Using polyacrylamide (PAM) to reduce soil erosion in irrigated land has increased rapidly in recent
years. A simple and reliable method to measure the PAM concentration in waters containing dissolved
organic matter (DOM) is of great importance in assessing the fate and efficiency of PAM application. In
this research, an analytical method to determine the PAM concentration of waters with correction for
DOM interference was developed and tested. The method is based on a combination of determining
the total concentration of amide groups by the N-bromination method (NBM) and determining the DOM
content spectrophotometrically. The total concentration of amide groups of both PAM and DOM was
determined by NBM at 570 nm. The DOM moiety, which is proportional to DOM concentration, was
determined by spectrophotometry using a UV 254-nm wavelength. The actual PAM concentration of a
water sample (soil extract containing PAM in this study) was obtained from NBM readings subtracted by
the interferential DOM contribution using a correction curve. Analysis of PAM in two soil-water samples
showed that the recoveries ranged from 94 to 100.3% for the 2 mg/L PAM sample and from 98.4 to
101.4% for the 10 mg/L PAM sample with various DOM concentrations. The coefficients of variation
were <6% in all cases.

Keywords
Author Keywords: polyacrylamide; N-bromination method; UV spectrophotometry; dissolved organic
matter
KeyWords Plus: ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; CARBON CONTENT; FLOCCULATION;
ADSORPTION; POLYMER

Author Information
Reprint Address: Wu, L (reprint author)
Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Environm Sci, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
Addresses:
[ 1 ] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Environm Sci, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA

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Research Areas: Agriculture; Chemistry; Food Science & Technology

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Document Information
Document Type: Article
Language: English
Accession Number: WOS:000171214900005
PubMed ID: 11559106
ISSN: 0021-8561

Other Information
IDS Number: 476FE
Cited References in Web of Science Core Collection: 32
Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 19

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