A Sensitive Hydride Generation-Nanogold Spectrophotometric Method for Trace As(III)

In H2SO4 solution, the arsenic was reduced to arsine (AsH3) by NaBH4, and absorbed by solution of H3PO4-HAuCl4-NH4SCN-gum arabic. The Au3+ was reduced to nanogold, which led to the absorption value at 555nm increased. Under the selected conditions, the value was linear to the concentration of As (III) in the range of 0.07-1.10 μg/mL, a detection limit of 0.03 μg/mL. The proposed method was applied to detect As (III) in water samples, with satisfactory results.