Sensitive Mercury Speciation Analysis in Water by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry Coupling with Solid-Phase Extraction

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  • CHEN Dongyang
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • LU Lan
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • ZHANG Hao
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • LU Bing
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • FENG Jiali
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • ZENG Dong
    Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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<p>An efficient method based on high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HPLC-AFS) was successfully developed for the simultaneous determination of four mercury species including Hg2+, methylmercury (MeHg), ethylmercury (EtHg), and phenylmercury (PhHg) in water. Samples were enriched and cleaned up with a solid-phase extraction (SPE) pretreatment using a thiol cartridge. Some key parameters including the selection of a SPE cartridge, eluent type, eluent volume, and interference factors were systematically investigated. Chromatographic separation was achieved on a C18 column using a mobile phase consisting of methanol and 60 mmol L−1 ammonium acetate with 10 mmol L−1 L-cysteine by gradient elution. Under the optimized conditions, good linearity (r ≥ 0.9991) was observed between 0.20 to 10.0 μg L−1. The limits of detection were in the range of 0.001 – 0.002 μg L−1. High recoveries (87.2 to 111%) and good reproducibility (1.1 – 6.5%) were obtained. Such a method is sensitive, selective and accurate, which can be applied to the quantification of mercury species in water samples.</p>

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  • Analytical Sciences

    Analytical Sciences 37 (9), 1235-1240, 2021-09-10

    The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

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