Research Article

Field Determination of Phosphate in Environmental Water by Using a Hand-Powered Paper Centrifuge for Preconcentration and Digital Image Colorimetric Sensing

Table 1

Effects of possible interfering species (100 μM) on measuring phosphate (2.5 μM) via the PMB-SPE method (n = 3).

CompoundRelative sensitivity to phosphate (%)

Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)84.9 ± 4.6
Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)98.5 ± 1.5
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)79.1 ± 7.3
Silicate98.4 ± 2.0