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http://dx.doi.org/10.5806/AST.2009.22.1.044

Analysis of mercury and methylmercury in river sediment samples  

Lee, Jung-Sub (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Park, Jae-Sung (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Kang, Hak-Gu (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Cho, Jae-Seok (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Hong, Eun-Jin (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Jeong, Gi-Taeg (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Cha, Jun-Seok (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Jung, Kwang-Yong (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
Kim, Young-Hee (National Institute of Environmental Research of Environmental Research)
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Analytical Science and Technology / v.22, no.1, 2009 , pp. 44-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the use of purge & trap GC-MS technique for determination of methylmercury in sediment samples was described. The method detection limit of the method was determined as 0.06 ng/g and the recovery of the method was $102{\pm}11.4%$, with precisions better than 11.2%. The method was validated by analysis of CRMs such as ERM CC580 (estuarine sediment) and IAEA 405 (sediment). Additionally, the performance of the method was tested on river sediment samples and the analytical results were compared with those of the GC-CVAFS, which has been widely used for methylmercury analysis.
Keywords
methylmercury; mercury; distillation technique; purge & trap gc-ms; sediment;
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