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Application of cryofocusing hydride generation and atomic fluorescence detection for dissolved mercury species determination in natural water samples

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The concentration levels of mercury (Hg) species in natural Water samples are usually low. Consequently, accurate analysis with low detection limits is still a major problem. In this work, a method was applied for the simultaneous direct determination of dissolved mercury species in water samples by on-line hydride generation (HG), cryogenic trapping (CT), gas chromatography (GC) and detection by atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS). The suitability of the method for real samples with different organic matter and chloride contents was evaluated by recovery experiments in synthetic and natural spiked water samples. The HG method was compared with other current available methods for mercury analysis with respect to the different fraction of mercury analysed, i.e. 'reactive', 'reducible' or total. HG derivatization and SnCl2 reduction (with and without previous oxidation with BrCl) were applied to synthetic and natural (spiked and non-spiked) water samples. The influence of chloride and dissolved organic matter concentrations was studied. The results suggest that the HG procedure is suitable for the simultaneous determination of Hg2+ and MeHg+ in surface water samples. Inorganic mercury analysed by HG (i.e. reducible) is close to the total inorganic mercury.

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hal-01590074 , version 1 (19-09-2017)

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T. Stoichev, R.C. Rodriguez Martin-Doimeadios, David Amouroux, N. Molenat, Olivier François Xavier Donard. Application of cryofocusing hydride generation and atomic fluorescence detection for dissolved mercury species determination in natural water samples. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2002, 4 (4), pp.517-521. ⟨10.1039/b204233a⟩. ⟨hal-01590074⟩
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