Publications by authors named "Shu-ping Bi"

Ferron colorimetric method has been widely used in aluminum speciation analysis. However, some important factors that may affect the accurate determination of mononuclear Al concentration have not been studied yet. Using molar absorption coefficient ε as a key indicator, the critical issues in Al-Ferron coloring reaction system have been investigated experimentally in this paper, including different Ferron system, Ferron solubility, experimental temperature, ionic strength and the reference system.

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Electrokinetic remediation (EK) and its combined methods are emerging technologies to remove POPs from contaminated soils in situ in last decade. This paper reviews the five major kinds of electrokinetic remediation methods for POPs from contaminated soils: (1) Classic electrokinetic method; (2) Electrokinetic-Fenton method; (3) Electrokinetic remediation combining with bioremediation method; (4) Electrokinetic remediation combining with surfactants/cosolvents method; (5) Electrokinetic remediation combining with ultrasonic method. The basic principle, characteristics, application areas and research developments of those five methods are discussed respectively.

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Article Synopsis
  • The Al-Ferron timed spectrophotometry assay is used to study polynuclear hydroxyl aluminum species in water, but faces issues with the classification of aluminum fractions leading to non-reproducible results.
  • The differences in reaction mechanisms and dynamics among aluminum fractions (Al(a), Al(b), Al(c)) contribute to problems in accurate measurement due to varying rates of reaction with ferron.
  • This paper introduces improved methods, including ExpAssoc distribution for reaction dynamics and microwave technology for measuring total aluminum concentration, to provide more accurate and reproducible measurements of monomeric Al(a), polynuclear Al(b), and gel Al(c).
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The effect of aluminum and manganese ions on the melanin formation from oxidized DOPA was investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy. In the weak acidic buffer solution (pH 5.5), aluminum and manganese ions have cooperative effect on the melanin formation.

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This paper studied the interactions of Al (III ) and dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in nearly neutral aqueous solutions (pH 6.5) by means of UV-Vis and 1H, 13C-NMR techniques. The results suggested that Al (III) interacts with NADH to form Al-NADH complexes by occupying the binding sites of phosphate oxygen atoms O(N)1 and O(A)1 and ribose ring hydroxyl groups, which are the potential recognition sites for substrates, coenzyme and enzyme.

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Fluorimetric method has been proposed for the speciation of Al in natural waters, based on the different competitive complexation behavior of analytical reagent and natural organic matter to Al. With eriochrome blue black R (EBBR) or morin, the monomeric inorganic Al (Al(i)) was determined, while with 8-hydroxylquinoline, the total monomeric Al (Al(a)) was obtained. The analytical results of Al speciation in natural water are close to those by Driscoll's method.

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A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method with fluorescence detection for the determination of labile monomeric aluminium has been developed through pre-column complexation using morin as the analytical reagent. The highly fluorescent aluminium-morin complex (excitation wavelength 418 nm, emission wavelength 490 nm) was separated on a Spherisorb ODS 2 column with an eluent consisting of 30% methanol and 70% water (pH 1.0 with perchloric acid).

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Morin was used as a pre-column reagent for the determination of aluminum by RP-HPLC with fluorescence detection. This method has been successfully applied to direct determination of trace Al in environmental and biological samples. The response was linear from 6 x 10(-9) to 6 x 10(-5) M with a detection limit of 2 x 10(-9) M.

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