Impregnation of preparative high-performance solid phase extraction chromatography columns by organophosphorus acid compounds.

J Chromatogr A

Department of Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 42, SE-11428 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

Published: August 2022

The flexible and reversible preparation of columns for use in high-performance solid phase extraction chromatography by physisorption of organophosphorus acid extractants has been investigated in detail. Two extractants have been evaluated, bis (2-ethyl-1-hexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP) and 2-ethyl-1-hexyl (2-ethyl-1-hexyl) phosphonic acid (HEHEHP), but the developed procedure should be broadly applicable to other extractants. The liquid-liquid solubility of the extractants in feed solvents consisting of aqueous ethanol solutions of varying composition has been determined. The total amount of adsorbed extractant has been quantified by complete desorption and elution with ethanol followed by acid-base titrimetry. Column impregnation with feed solutions of varying concentration in the undersaturated region has been systematically evaluated, and the influence of a subsequent water wash step has been explored. It is shown that to achieve a robust and reproducible physisorption, the adsorbed amount of extractant should be determined after the wash step, and care must be taken when using indirect methods of measurement. Equilibrium Langmuir-type adsorption isotherms as a function of the extractant concentration in the feed solution have been determined. Adsorption of HEHEHP is higher than HDEHP for equal feed compositions, but the solubility of HEHEHP is lower, resulting in approximately identical maximum coverage levels. The ability of the resulting columns to separate rare earth elements have been verified for a mixture of eight metals using a combined isocratic and gradient elution of nitric acid.

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