Analysis of small ions with capillary electrophoresis

Abstract

Small inorganic ions are easily separated through capillary electrophoresis because they have a high charge- to- mass ratio and suffer little from some of the undesired phenomenon affecting higher molecular weight species like adsorption to the capillary wall, decomposition, and precipitation. This chapter is focused on the analysis of small ions other than metal ions using capillary electrophoresis. Methods are described for the determination of ions of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, fl uorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.