Organic,inorganic and total mercury determination in fish by chemical vapor generation with collection on a gold gauze and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A method for organic, inorganic and total mercury determination in fish tissue has been developed using chemical vapor generation and collection of mercury vapor on a gold gauze inside a graphite tube and further atomization by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. After drying and cryogenic grinding, potassium bromide and hydrochloric acid solution (1 mol L^− 1 KBr in 6 mol L^− 1 HCl) was added to the samples. After centrifugation, total mercury was determined in the supernatant. Organomercury compounds were selectively extracted from KBr solution using chloroform and the resultant solution was back extracted with 1% m/v L-cysteine. This solution was used for organic Hg determination. Inorganic Hg remaining in KBr solution was directly determined by chemical vapor generation electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Mercury vapor generation from extracts was performed using 1 mol L^− 1 HCl and 2.5% m/v NaBH₄ solutions and a batch chemical vapor generation system. Mercury vapor was collected on the gold gauze heated resistively at 80 °C and the atomization temperature was set at 650 °C. The selectivity of extraction was evaluated using liquid chromatography coupled to chemical vapor generation and determination by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The proposed method was applied for mercury analysis in shark, croaker and tuna fish tissues. Certified reference materials were used to check accuracy and the agreement was better than 95%. The characteristic mass was 60 pg and method limits of detection were 5, 1 and 1 ng g^− 1 for organic, inorganic and total mercury, respectively. With the proposed method it was possible to analyze up to 2, 2 and 6 samples per hour for organic, inorganic and total Hg determination, respectively.     

Solid phase extraction for analysis of biogenic carbonates by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ETV-ICP-MS): an investigation of rare earth element signatures in otolith microchemistry

Uptake of trace elements into fish otoliths is governed by several factors such as life histories and environment in addition to stock and species differences. In an attempt to elucidate the elemental signatures of rare earth elements (REEs) in otoliths, a solid phase extraction (SPE) protocol was used in combination with electrothermal vaporization (ETV) as a sample introduction procedure for the determinations by inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Effects of various parameters, such as carrier gas flow rate, atomization temperature and chemical modification, were examined for optimization of the conditions by ETV-ICP-MS. Atomization was achieved at 2800 °C. Lower temperatures (i.e. 2600 °C) resulted in severe memory problems due to incomplete atomization. Palladium was used as a chemical modifier. It was found that an increase in Pd concentration up to 0.5 μg in the injection volume (70 μl) led up to four-fold enhancement in the integrated signals. This phenomenon is attributed to the carrier effect of Pd rather than the stabilization since no significant losses were observed for high temperature drying around 700 °C even in the absence of Pd. Preconcentration was performed on-line at pH 5 by using a mini-column of Toyopearl AF-Chelate 650M chelating resin, which also eliminated the calcium matrix of otolith solutions. After preconcentration of 6.4 ml of solution, the concentrate was collected in 0.65 ml of 0.5% (v/v) HNO₃ in autosampler cups, and then analyzed by ETV-ICP-MS. The method was validated with the analysis of a fish otolith certified reference material (CRM) of emperor snapper, and then applied to samples. Results obtained from otoliths of fish captured in the same habitat indicated that otolith rare earth element concentrations are more dependent on environmental conditions of the habitat than on species differences.     

A highly sensitive method for the determination of mercury using vapor generation gold wire microextraction and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

The study introduces a new simple and highly sensitive method for headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric determination of mercury. In the proposed method, a gold wire, mounted in the headspace of a sample solution in a sealed bottle, is used for collection of mercury vapor generated by addition of sodium tetrahydroborate. The gold wire is then simply inserted in the sample introduction hole of a graphite furnace of an electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry instrument. By applying an atomization temperature of 600 °C, mercury is rapidly desorbed from the wire and determined with high sensitivity.     

Determination of platinum, palladium and rhodium in biological and environmental samples by low temperature electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with diethyldithiocarbamate as chemical modifier

A novel method for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) determination of trace amounts of Pt(II), Pd(II) and Rh(III), based on gaseous compounds introduction into the plasma as their diethyldithiocarbamate complexes by electrothermal vaporization (ETV), was developed. At the temperature of 1100 °C, the trace amounts of Pt, Pd and Rh were vaporized into plasma. The factors affecting the formation of the chelates and their vaporization behaviors, such as ashing temperature and time, vaporization temperature and time, pH and the concentration of chelating reagents were studied in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the limits of detection (LODs) (3σ) of Pt, Pd and Rh for tested solutions were 5.4, 1.4 and 0.8 ng ml⁻¹, and for actual sample (auto-catalyst NIST SRM 2557) were 0.27, 0.07 and 0.04 μg g⁻¹, respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for Pt, Pd and Rh were 1.4, 2.6 and 2.4% (C_Pt=0.5 μg ml⁻¹, C_Pd,Rh=0.25 μg ml⁻¹, n=7), respectively. The linear ranges of calibration graphs for Pt, Pd and Rh cover three orders of magnitude. Compared with conventional electrothermal vaporization technique, using the reagent of diethyldithiocarbamate as chemical modifier could not only enhance the analytical sensitivities, but also reduce the vaporization temperature. By combination with a separation/preconcentration step, the proposed method had been successfully applied to the analysis of the artificial seawater, tap water and urine with recoveries ranging from 91 to 106%. The two certified reference material meager platinpalladium ore GBW 07293 and auto-catalyst NIST SRM 2557 was also analyzed for validation, and the determined values obtained were in good agreement with the certified values.     

Thermal and electrochemical study of solid-state reaction of mercury with Pt–20% Rh alloy

Thermogravimetry (TG), energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mapping surface and X-ray diffraction (XRD) have been used to study the reaction of mercury with platinum–rhodium (Pt–Rh) alloy. The results suggest that, when heated, the electrodeposited Hg film reacts with Pt–Rh to form intermetallic compounds each having a different stability, indicated by separate third mass-loss steps. In the first step, between room temperature and 170 °C, only the bulk Hg is removed. From this temperature to about 224 °C, the mass loss can be attributed to decomposition of the intermetallic PtHg₄. The third step, from 224 to 305 °C, can be ascribed to thermal decomposition of solid solution composed of intermetallic species RhHg₂ and PtHg₂. Intermetallic compound such as PtHg₄, PtHg₂, and RhHg₂ was characterized by XRD. These intermetallic compounds were the main products formed on the surface of the samples after partial removal of the bulk mercury via thermal desorption.     

Use of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as surfactant for the determination of copper and chromium in gasoline emulsions by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

In this work, the use of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as surfactant for the preparation of oil-in-water emulsions for the determination of Cu and Cr in gasoline by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET AAS) was evaluated. The surfactant amount was tested in the range of 25 to 300 mg, added to 2 ml of gasoline, and completed to 10 mL with 0.1% (v/v) nitric acid solution. 150 mg of surfactant was found optimum, and a sonication time of 10 min sufficient to form an oil-in-water emulsion that was stable for several hours. The ET AAS temperature program was established based on pyrolysis and atomization curves. The pyrolysis temperatures were set at 700 and 1300 °C for Cu and Cr, respectively and the selected atomization temperatures were 2400 and 2500 °C. The time and temperature of the drying stage and the atomization time were experimentally tested to provide optimum conditions. The limits of detection were found to be 5 μg L^− 1 and 1.5 μg L^− 1 for Cu and Cr, respectively in the original gasoline samples. The relative standard deviation (RSD) ranged from 4 to 9% in oil-in-water emulsions spiked with 5 μg L^− 1 and 15 μg L^− 1 of each metal, respectively. Recoveries varied from 90 to 98%. The accuracy of the proposed method was tested by an alternate procedure using complete evaporation of the gasoline sample. The method was adequate for the determination of Cu and Cr in gasoline samples collected from different gas stations in Salvador, BA, Brazil.     

Different platform and tube geometries and atomization temperatures in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry: Cadmium determination in whole blood as a case study

In the present work the performance of different platform and tube geometries and atomization temperatures in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry was investigated, using the determination of Cd in whole blood as an example. Grooved, integrated and fork platforms as well as atomization temperatures between 1200 °C and 2200 °C were investigated in a longitudinally heated graphite atomizer and compared with the performance of a transversely heated furnace. In the longitudinally heated furnace the increase of the atomization temperature in the studied range resulted in an increase of matrix effects for all platform geometries. The integrated platform exhibited slightly lower sensitivity and increased multiplicative interferences in comparison to the other two platform designs. Interference-free Cd determination was possible with all types of platforms and 1200 °C as the atomization temperature as well as with grooved and fork platforms at 1700 °C. On the other hand, lower atomization temperatures resulted in poorer limits of detection, due to the longer integration time needed. No matrix effect was observed at any atomization temperature using the transversely heated atomizer; in addition, limits of detection were better than those observed with the longitudinally heated atomizer. Best values were around 0.02 μg L^− 1 with the latter atomizer compared to values around 0.02 μg L^− 1 with the former one.     

Utilization of electrodeposition for electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry determination of gold

Gold was determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry after electrochemical preconcentration on the graphite ridge probe used as a working electrode and sample support. The probe surface was electrochemically modified with Pd, Re and the mixture of both. The electrolysis of gold was performed under galvanostatic control at 0.5 mA. Maximum pyrolysis temperature for the probe surface modified with Pd was 1200 °C, with Re 1300 °C. The relative standard deviation for the determination of 2 μg l^− 1 Au was not higher than 5.6% (n = 8) for 2 min electrodeposition. The sensitivity of gold determination was reproducible for 300 electrodeposition and atomization cycles. When the probe surface was modified with a mixture of Pd and Re the detection limit was 31 ng l^− 1 for 2 min electrodeposition, 3.7 ng l^− 1 for 30 min, 1.5 ng l^− 1 for 1 h and 0.4 ng l^− 1 for 4 h electrodeposition, respectively. The procedure was applied to the determination of gold in river water samples. The relative standard deviation for the determination of 2.5 ng l^− 1 Au at 4 h electrodeposition time at 0.5 mA was 7.5%.     

Appraisal of different electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric methods for the determination of strontium in biological samples

A comparative study of various potential chemical modifiers (La, Mg, Pd, Ni, Ta, Lu, Sm, Eu, Ho, Er, Tm and Tb) as well as of different background correction procedures (deuterium and Zeeman effect) and atomization techniques (wall and platform) for the direct determination of strontium in biological samples was carried out. Two instruments, one with deuterium and the other with Zeeman effect background corrections have been used to perform the experiments. Although La, Mg, Pd, Ta and Lu had a positive effect, lanthanum alone provided the best performance for the determination of strontium in whole blood, urine and bone digests using wall atomization without deuterium background correction. However, neither chemical modifier produced any significant improvement in sensitivity when Zeeman effect background correction with integrated platform atomization was used. Under the optimized conditions, the characteristic masses were 0.82 and 2.20 pg and the detection limits (3σ) were 0.13 and 0.30 μg l⁻¹ with wall atomization and with Zeeman effect background correction respectively. Recovery studies and analysis of standard reference materials certified for strontium were performed to assess the accuracy. The results for the determination of strontium in real samples with wall atomization and lanthanum as chemical modifier, agreed well with those obtained with Zeeman effect background corrector with a precision typically between 0.5 and 3%. Both procedures can be recommended, and the choice will depend on instrument availability.     

Crack-free,thick rhodium deposition on copper substrate using Rhodex solution

Summary Rhodium electrodeposition on a copper substrate was investigated for ¹⁰³Pd production. The electrodeposition was carried out by the commercially available Rhodex plating baths. The optimum conditions of the electrodeposition for complete depletion of Rh were: 6.2 g/l rhodium, DC current density of 12.83 mA ^. cm^-2 and 60 °C temperature.     

Pretreatment of water samples using UV irradiation-peroxodisulfate for the determination of total mercury

Potassium peroxodisulfate (14 g l⁻¹, 25 ml) has been observed to readily oxidize water under UV irradiation (30 W mercury arc tube), even at room temperature. The reaction is complete in 20 min, producing oxygen in stoichiometric amounts. The reaction was applied to pretreatment for the determination of total mercury by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS).The response of mercury(II) chloride by the UV irradiation method was higher than that by the standard permanganate method (95 °C, 2 h). The conversion efficiency of mercury by the UV irradiation method, the standard method and by non-treatment was found to be 100, 93.6 and 85.0%, respectively. The study is also applied to methylmercury, ethylmercury and phenylmercury chlorides.     

Determination of cadmium, copper and lead in soils, sediments and sea water samples by ETAAS using a Sc + Pd + NH(4)NO(3) chemical modifier

Cadmium, copper and lead in soils, sediments and spiked sea water samples have been determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) with Zeeman effect background corrector using NH₄NO₃, Sc, Pd, Sc + NH₄NO₃, Pd + NH₄NO₃, Sc + Pd and Sc + Pd + NH₄NO₃ as chemical modifiers. A comprehensive comparison was made among the modifiers and without modifier in terms of pyrolysis and atomization temperatures, atomization and background absorption profiles, characteristic masses, detection limits and accuracy of the determinations. Sc + Pd + NH₄NO₃ modifier mixture was found to be preferable for the determination of analytes in soil and sediment certified and standard reference materials, and sea water samples because it increased the pyrolysis temperature up to 900 °C for Cd, 1350 °C for Cu and 1300 °C for Pb. Optimum masses of mixed modifier components found are 20 μg Sc + 4 μg Pd + 8 μg NH₄NO₃. Characteristic masses of Cd, Cu and Pb obtained are 0.6, 5.3 and 15.8 pg, respectively. The detection limits of Cd, Cu and Pb were found to be 0.08, 0.57 and 0.83 μg l⁻¹, respectively. Depending on the solid sample type, the percent recoveries were increased up to 103% for Cd, Cu and Pb by using the proposed modifier mixture. The accuracy of the determination of analytes in the sea water samples was also increased.     

Combined use of Pd and HF as chemical modifiers for the determination of total chromium in produced waters from petroleum exploration by ET AAS

This work reports the evaluation of the combined use of Pd and HF as chemical modifiers for the direct determination of total chromium in waters derived from petroleum exploration employing electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET AAS). Such waters, usually called as produced waters, have complex composition presenting a number of organic and inorganic substances. When obtained from offshore operations they also present high salinity. In order establish conditions for chromium measurement pyrolysis and atomization curves were built up in different media and employing Pd and HF as chemical modifiers. Also, a detailed study about calibration strategy was performed. At best conditions, pyrolysis and atomization temperatures were 1200 °C and 2600 °C, respectively, and 10 μL of a 500 mg L^− 1 Pd solution was added together with 10 μL of a 50% (v/v) HF solution on 20 μL of sample. Obtained results indicate that, in this kind of sample, chromium can be determined by standard addition method or employing external calibration with standard solutions prepared in 0.8 mol L^− 1 NaCl medium. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the procedure, a recovery test was performed with seven spiked samples of produced waters. The detection limit, quantification limit and the relative standard deviation in 0.8 mol L^− 1 NaCl were also calculated and the values found were 0.45 μg L^− 1, 1.5 μg L^− 1 and 6.0% (at 2.5 μg L^− 1 level), respectively.     

Study of ammonium molybdate to minimize the phosphate interference in the selenium determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with deuterium background correction

The use of ammonium molybdate to minimize the phosphate interference when measuring selenium by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) with deuterium background correction was evaluated. Ammonium molybdate did not produce a selenium thermal stabilization; however, the presence of ammonium molybdate decreased the phosphate interference. The study was carried out with mussel acid digests and mussel slurries. Pd–Mg(NO₃)₂ was used as a chemical modifier at optimum concentrations of 300 and 250 mg l⁻¹, respectively, yielding optimum pyrolysis and atomization temperatures of 1200 and 2100 °C, respectively. A yellow solid (ammonium molybdophosphate) was obtained when adding ammonium molybdate to mussel acid digest solutions. This precipitate can be removed after centrifugation prior to ETAAS determination. Additionally, studies on the sampling of the solid ammonium molybdophosphate (AMP) together with the liquid phase, as a slurry, were also developed. The volatilization of the solid AMP was not reached at temperatures lower than 2500 °C. By this way, phosphate, as AMP, is not present in the vapor phase at the atomization temperature (2100 °C), yielding a reduction of the spectral interference by phosphate. The proposed method was validated analyzing three reference materials of marine origin (DORM-1, DOLT-1 and TORT-1). Good agreement with the certified selenium contents was reached for all cases.     

Processes taking place in the graphite tube: Anion and matrix effects in atomic absorption spectrometry. II. Determination of mercury

Summary The atomic-absorption behaviour of different mercury compounds in the graphite tube was investigated. It was established that in the case of water-soluble volatile mercury compounds (nitrate, chloride) there is a considerable mercury loss even during the drying of the drop. The mercury can be determined, however, in the form of colloidal mercury sulphide atca. 200° C and with atomization at a relatively low temperature. Some interferences limit the use of the method in practice (compounds evaporating together with the mercury, presence of other metals producing sulphide precipitates) but the use of mercury dithizonate overcomes these limitations. The method was applied for determination of the mercury content of waste water and waste water sludge.

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Reaktionen im Graphitrohr: Anionen- und Matrix-Effekte bei der Atom-Absorptions-Spektrometrie. II. Bestimmung von Quecksilber

Zusammenfassung Das Verhalten verschiedener Quecksilber-Verbindungen im Graphitrohr bei der Bestimmung der Atomabsorption wurde untersucht. Bei wasserlöslichen, flüchtigen Quecksilberverbindungen (Nitrat, Chlorid) tritt schon bei dem Eintrocknen des Tropfens ein erheblicher Quecksilberverlust auf. Quecksilber kann aber in Form des kolloidalen Quecksilbersulfids bei ca. 200° C und Versprühung bei relativ niedriger Temperatur bestimmt werden. Einige Störungen begrenzen die Verwendbarkeit des Verfahrens in der Praxis (mit Quecksilber flüchtige Verbindungen, Anwesenheit anderer Metalle als Sulfide), aber die Verwendung von Quecksilber-Dithizonat beseitigt diese Störungen.

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Presented at the 8th International Microchemical Symposium, Graz, August 25–30, 1980.     

A comparative study of chemical modifiers in the determination of total arsenic in marine food by tungsten coil electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Three platinum group elements (Pd, Ir and Rh) both in solution and in pre-reduced form, and also combined with Mg(NO₃)₂ or ascorbic acid, were assessed as possible chemical modifiers on the atomization of As in digest solutions of seafood matrices (clam and fish tissue) by tungsten coil electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (TCA-AAS) and compared without a modifier. Of 28 modifier alternatives in study including single form and binary mixtures, and based on maximum pyrolysis temperature without significant As loss and best As absorbance sensitivity during atomization, three modifiers: Rh (0.5 μg), Ir (1.0 μg) and Rh (0.5 μg) + ascorbic acid (0.5 μg), at optimum amounts were pre-selected and compared. The definitive modifier (rhodium (0.5 μg)) was selected by variance analysis. The mean within-day repeatability was 3% in consecutive measurements (25-300 μg l⁻¹) (three cycles, each of n = 6) and showed good short-term stability of the absorbance measurements. The mean reproducibility was 4% (n = 18 in a 3-day period) and the detection limit (3σ_blank/slope) was 42 pg (n = 16). Quantitation was by standard additions to compensate for matrix effects not corrected by the modifier. Three sample digestion procedures were compared in fish and clam tissue samples: microwave acid digestion alone (A) or combined with the addition of 2% (m/v) K₂S₂O₈ solution followed either by UV photo-oxidation (B) or re-digestion in a thermal block (C). The accuracy was established by determination of As in certified reference material of dogfish muscle (DORM-2). Procedures B and C showed good recoveries (102% (n = 4) and 103% (n = 7), respectively), whereas procedure A was not quantitative (85%). The methodology is simple, fast, reliable, of low cost and was applied to the determination of total As in lyophilized samples of clam and fish collected in the Chilean coast.     

Determination of copper,iron and vanadium in petroleum by direct sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A procedure for the direct determination of Cu, Fe and V in petroleum samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry using a solid sampling accessory, without any sample pre-treatment or dilution, is proposed. A Pd + Triton X-100 solution was used as chemical modifier. The pyrolysis and atomization temperatures, as well as the Pd mass were defined by multivariate optimization. The other parameters of the temperature programs were defined by univariate optimization. The limits of detection at the optimized conditions were 10, 200 and 800 pg for Cu, Fe and V, respectively, for typical sample masses ranging from 0.10 to 3.00 mg. Method accuracy was confirmed by the analysis of oil certified reference materials as well as by comparison with independent methods. Aqueous calibration solutions were used and no statistically significant difference (analysis of variance) was observed between obtained and expected values.     

Determination of bismuth and lead in geological samples by electrothermal AAS Part 1. Comparative study of tungsten containing chemical modifiers

A comparative study on the efficiency of some tungsten containing chemical modifiers such as W, W+Pd, W+Rh, W+Pt and W+Ru for thermal stabilization of Bi, In, Pb and Sb has been performed systematically by a Zeeman electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometer (ETAAS). The addition of tartaric acid (TA) as a reducing agent additionally to the mixed modifiers was studied. A mixture of W+Pd+TA was found to be a powerful mixed modifier for the determination of Bi, In, Pb and Sb. Pretreatment temperatures could be increased up to 1250–1500° C using this mixed modifier. The use of the mixed modifier results in an enhanced accuracy and precision of the method and recovery rates above 97% for all samples. The W+Pd+TA mixed modifier was applied to the determination of Bi and Pb in dissolved geological reference samples. Received: 14 March 1996 / Revised: 3 June 1996 / Accepted: 30 June 1996     

Determination of bismuth and lead in geological samples by electrothermal AAS Part 1. Comparative study of tungsten containing chemical modifiers

A comparative study on the efficiency of some tungsten containing chemical modifiers such as W, W+Pd, W+Rh, W+Pt and W+Ru for thermal stabilization of Bi, In, Pb and Sb has been performed systematically by a Zeeman electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometer (ETAAS). The addition of tartaric acid (TA) as a reducing agent additionally to the mixed modifiers was studied. A mixture of W+Pd+TA was found to be a powerful mixed modifier for the determination of Bi, In, Pb and Sb. Pretreatment temperatures could be increased up to 1250–1500° C using this mixed modifier. The use of the mixed modifier results in an enhanced accuracy and precision of the method and recovery rates above 97% for all samples. The W+Pd+TA mixed modifier was applied to the determination of Bi and Pb in dissolved geological reference samples. Received: 14 March 1996 / Revised: 3 June 1996 / Accepted: 30 June 1996     

Formation of small rhodium metal particles on the surface of a carbon support

A rhodium catalyst supported on a Sibunit graphitized carbon carrier was studied by in situ XAFS spectroscopy. A comparative study of the reduction of rhodium was performed for the following two samples: Rh/C(120) dried at 120°C and Rh/C(350) calcined at 350°C. EXAFS data showed an absence of carbon atoms within the nearest environment of rhodium atoms in the Rh/C(120) uncalcined sample, which implies the absence of direct interaction between rhodium and the carbon support. In the course of the reduction of this sample (200°C), coarse particles with small metal cores were initially formed. These metal particles rapidly agglomerated upon the complete reduction of rhodium (350°C). These reduction of the Rh/C(350) calcined sample at 100–500°C resulted in the formation of small metal particles early in the reduction (100°C). The high dispersity of these particles was retained as the temperature of treatment in hydrogen was increased to 500°C due to metal-support interaction. The conversion of benzene into cyclohexane on the Rh/C(350) catalyst containing small rhodium particles was much higher at the same temperature of hydrogenation.Translated from Kinetika i Kataliz, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2005, pp. 122–130. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Stakheev, Tkachenko, Klementev, Grünert, Bragina, Mashkovskii, Kustov.