Simple mercury determination using an enclosed quartz cell with cold vapour-atomic absorption spectrometry
Daisuke Kozaki, Masanobu Mori, Shinichi Hamasaki, Tomotaka Doi, Souma Tanihata, Atushi Yamamoto, Takeshi Takahashi, Koutarou Sakamoto, S Funado
Abstract
A simple method for determining total inorganic mercury (Hg) in solution using an enclosed quartz cell applying cold vapour-atomic absorption spectrometry (CV-AAS) can reduce sample volume, reductant, and cost compared with those of official methods. The Hg determination under the optimised conditions achieves precision similar to that of conventional CV-AAS.
Topics & Concepts
Mercury (programming language)Atomic absorption spectroscopyCold vapour atomic fluorescence spectroscopyQuartzMass spectrometryChemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Materials scienceEnvironmental chemistryChromatographyPhysicsMetallurgyComputer scienceProgramming languageQuantum mechanicsMercury impact and mitigation studiesAnalytical chemistry methods developmentHeavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity