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This article focuses on the presentation of detection systems coupled to separations of inorganic ions in ion chromatography. The most widely used remains the conductimeter, due to its simplicity of implementation and the universal character of its detection of ionic substances. Other more specific techniques, be they electrochemical, spectrophotometric or spectral techniques for coupling, are often associated with a post column reactor. Although some of them have high levels of sensitivity and specificity, they nonetheless remain complementary.
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Eric CAUDRON: Doctorate from Université Paris Sud - Assistant University Hospital Pharmacist - Analytical Development Laboratory – Établissement Pharmaceutique des Hôpitaux de Paris - Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique – Faculté de Pharmacie Paris X I
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Dominique PRADEAU: Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Hospital Pharmacist - Analytical Development Laboratory – Établissement Pharmaceutique des Hôpitaux de Paris
INTRODUCTION
The main detection systems used to separate inorganic ions in ion chromatography are presented in this second section. Although numerous detectors have been developed in recent years, the most common remains the conductivity meter, with or without suppression of the eluent's conductivity, due to its universality for ionic substances. The addition of an ion suppression device usually leads to improved ion detectibility. Gradually, however, other complementary and more specific detection systems have been introduced. These techniques are often combined with a post-column reactor to improve analyte detectability, or at least lower the detection threshold. These include electrochemical methods (amperometry, coulometry, polarography), spectrophotometric methods (refractometry, absorbance, fluorescence, chemiluminescence), and spectral coupling methods (flame or inductively coupled plasma atomic absorption and emission spectrophotometry, mass spectrometry). The latter offer unrivalled performance in terms of sensitivity and specificity. However, there is no such thing as universal detection, and all these techniques, whether specific to ion chromatography or not, appear to complement each other.
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