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Proceedings of the International Cyanide Detection Testing Workshop

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(Liu and Yun, 1993)<br />

(Pettigrew and Fell,<br />

1973)<br />

(Chanttaraj and Das,<br />

1992)*<br />

The following are some methods to detect thiocyanate, a biological by-product <strong>of</strong> cyanide<br />

High Performance Liquid<br />

Chromatography -Mass Spectrometry<br />

Colorimetric<br />

Spectrometry (fl ame absorption)<br />

(Li et al, 1993)* Spectrophotometry<br />

(Chen et al., 1994)*<br />

(Michigami et al.,<br />

1992)*<br />

(Tominaga and Midio,<br />

1991)*<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Saliva<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Blood and Urine<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Blood, Urine,<br />

Saliva<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Blood<br />

Gas Chromatography (Headspace) Thiocyanate in<br />

Urine, Saliva<br />

Ion Chromatography<br />

Spectrophotometry<br />

* Data obtained from published literature and not original paper<br />

Table 3. Key <strong>Cyanide</strong> <strong>Detection</strong> Facts<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Urine, Saliva<br />

Thiocyanate in<br />

Urine<br />

Half-life <strong>of</strong> cyanide in fi sh Unknown, but possibly 1-3 days<br />

Concentration <strong>of</strong> cyanide<br />

in squirt bottles before exposure<br />

Concentration <strong>of</strong> cyanide<br />

in fi sh after exposure<br />

<strong>Detection</strong> limit <strong>of</strong> Ion Selective Electrodes currently<br />

used<br />

2 ng<br />

Approximately 0.07<br />

ppm 1<br />

4 ng/ml<br />

Wide range: 6.6-120 g/l (see text)<br />

0.3 ug/ml<br />

0.0115 nmo (in 0.2 ml)<br />

20 ng/ml<br />

2.5 umol/l<br />

0.04 ppm to 1.02 ppm (Hodgson, pers. com.)<br />

Greater than 1 × 10 - 5 M (Mak, Yanase et al., 2005)<br />

Background level <strong>of</strong> cyanide in fi sh (freshwater) less than 1 μg/kg or less than 1 ppb (Eisler, 1991)<br />

Background level <strong>of</strong> cyanide in humans 50 ppb<br />

Toxic level <strong>of</strong> cyanide in humans<br />

<strong>Cyanide</strong> concentration that produces non-lethal,<br />

negative impacts in fi sh<br />

108<br />

2.5 ppm (Kobeleski, pers. com.)<br />

0.1 – 0.3 mg/l (Doudor<strong>of</strong>f, 1980 cited in Mak, Yanase<br />

et al., 2005).<br />

5.0 - 7.2 μg/l (Eisler, 1991)

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