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Determination of Mercury in Fly Ash by Using Flow Injection Cold Vapor Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

  • Suh, Jung-Ki (Division of Metrology for Quality of Life, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (KRISS)) ;
  • Min, Hyung-Sik (Division of Metrology for Quality of Life, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (KRISS)) ;
  • Kamruzzaman, Mohammad (Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hak (Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2012.02.17
  • Accepted : 2012.06.18
  • Published : 2012.06.28
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Abstract

A method based on flow injection-isotope dilution-cold vapor-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (FI-IDCV-ICP/MS) has been applied to determine trace level of mercury in fly ash. $^{200}Hg$ isotopic spike was added to 0.25 g of BCR176R fly ash and then decomposed by microwave digestion procedure with acid mixture A (8 mL $HNO_3$ + 2 mL HCl + 2 mL HF) and acid mixture B (8 mL $HNO_3$ + 2 mL $HClO_4$ + 2 mL HF) for applying IDMS. Mercury cold vapor was generated by using reductant solution of 0.2% (w/w) $NaBH_4$ and 0.05% (w/w) NaOH. The measurements of n($^{200}Hg$)/n($^{202}Hg$) isotope ratio was made using a quadrupole ICP/MS system. The accuracy in this method was verified by the analysis of certified reference material (CRM) of fly ash (BCR 176R). The indicative value of Hg in BCR 176R fly ash was $1.60{\pm}0.23$ mg/kg (k = 2). The determined values of Hg in BCR 176R fly ash by the method of FI-CV-ID-ICP/MS described in this paper were $1.60{\pm}0.24$ mg/kg (k = 3.18) and the analysis results were in well agreement with the indicative value within the range of uncertainty.

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