Mercury determination in various environmental, food and material complex matrices using unified operating conditions for a cold vapor generation high-resolution continuum source quartz tube atomic absorption spectrometry method
Lucia Chirita, Enikő Covaci, Michaela Ponta, Tiberiu Frenţiu
Abstract
= 2) in food, soil, wastewater and water sediment, and polyethylene. Precision for the measurement of various real samples ranged between 4.2 and 15.0%. A performance study highlighted that the method was sensitive, free of non-spectral interference coming from the multielemental matrix and that it complied with the requirements for Hg determination set in EC Decisions and AOAC Guidelines at least for the more common matrices analyzed for social impact.
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Mercury (programming language)ReagentCertified reference materialsDetection limitAtomic absorption spectroscopyChemistryWastewaterMass spectrometryPolyethyleneDerivatizationEnvironmental chemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)ChromatographyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringOrganic chemistryComputer sciencePhysicsQuantum mechanicsProgramming languagePhysical chemistryMercury impact and mitigation studiesAnalytical chemistry methods developmentMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications