Synthesis and characterization of isotopically enriched methylmercury (CH3201Hg+)

A simple procedure for the synthesis of an important standard, isotopically enriched methylmercury, which is not commercially available, has been established successfully. The isotopically enriched standard synthesized is utilized in conventional isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS), as well as in speciated IDMS (SIDMS), for determination of the true concentration of methylmercury in environmental samples. The CH₃²⁰¹Hg⁺ standard has been synthesized from commercially available ²⁰¹HgO and tetramethyltin. The synthesis time required is 1 h at 60°C. The product is highly pure, yielding more than 90% as ²⁰¹Hg in CH₃²⁰¹Hg⁺. Hazardous dimethylmercury does not occur during this synthesis procedure. The product synthesized was analyzed using high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP‐MS) and ICP‐MS alone in order to determine its concentration, isotopic composition and purity. The stability of the product was also evaluated for over 6 months and found to be stable at 4°C in the dark. The isotopically enriched methylmercury synthesized can be used in SIDMS and IDMS analyses as a standard. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sb induced (7×7) to (1×1) surface phase transformation of the Si(111) surface

Adsorption of Sb at a very low flux rate results in an epitaxial layer-by-layer growth on Si(111) surface held at room-temperature. Band-bending is not observed for submonolayer Sb coverages while sharp changes in the photoemission features are observed for 1.0 monolayer (ML) Sb adsorption. Changes in the core level binding energy and width in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, surface related feature in Electron energy loss spectroscopy and spot intensity ratios in Low energy electron diffraction studies suggest a surface phase transition upon adsorption of 1.0 monolayer of Sb. A plausible model is proposed to explain the abrupt metal-semiconductor transformation at this critical coverage of 1.0 ML.     

Probing alkali coordination environments in alkali borate glasses by multinuclear magnetic resonance

Five series of binary alkali borate glasses were prepared to compare the alkali dependence of network and modifier short-range order. ¹¹B magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR reveals that the fraction of four-coordinate boron depends strongly upon alkali type at high-alkali concentrations: heavier alkalis favour the formation of non-bridging oxygens, whereas lithium borates contain a much higher concentration of tetrahedral boron units. The alkali modifiers were observed directly by MAS NMR to measure the change in chemical shift with composition. All alkali peaks shift to higher frequency with increasing loading, indicative of decreasing average coordination numbers. Relative to their known chemical shift ranges, the heavier alkalis exhibit the greatest shifts, whereas the lithium shifts are subtle. This is interpreted in terms of the availability of charged and partially charged coordinating oxygens in the network. Moreover, the ¹³³Cs chemical shifts plateau at 40 mol%, implying that the Cs⁺ coordination number reaches a lower limit at this composition. This work demonstrates that NMR instrumentation and methodology have reached a level where even challenging nuclei like ³⁹K and ⁸⁷Rb can be probed to yield structural information in glasses.     

Caging the mercurous ion: a tetradentate tripodal nitrogen ligand enhances stability and J(1H199Hg)

The dimeric mercurous ion has been encapsulated by a pair of the tetradentate tripodal nitrogen ligands tris[(2-(6-methylpyridyl))methyl]amine (TLA). The complex [Hg₂(TLA)₂](ClO₄)₂ (1) was isolated directly from an acetonitrile solution of Hg(ClO₄)₂ 3H₂O and TLA. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group with a = 10.537(2) Å, b = 10.751(2) Å, c = 10.907(2) Å, = 75.20(3), = 73.73(3), = 75.73(3), and Z = 1. The cation is located an inversion center. The Hg–Hg and Hg–N_amine bond distances are 2.5469(8) and 2.297(6) Å, respectively, and the average Hg–N_pyridyl bond length is 2.75(7) Å. Complex 1 was stable indefinitely in acetonitrile-d ₃ solution, permitting detection of 13 and 22 Hz heteronuclear couplings between the Hg(I) ions and the methylene protons of the ligand. Comparisons with the structures and spectroscopic properties of related mercuric and mercurous complexes are made.     

Complexes with Hg(II) and macrocyclic ligands

The crystal structures of 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxa-cyclooctadecane dicyano mercury(II) monohydrate, C₁₄H₂₄HgN₂O₆·H₂O, 1, and 2,5,8,11,18,21,24,27-octaoxa-tricyclo[26.4.0.0_12,17]-dotriconta-1(28),12,14,16,29,31-hexaene dicyano mercury(II) monohydrate, C₂₆H₃₂HgN₂O₈·H₂O, 2, were determined: 1 crystallizes in the trigonal space group R3¯ with cell dimensions a = 11.7842(1) and c = 12.0316(1) Å. 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with cell dimensions a = 11.156(3) Å, b = 8.417(2), c = 30.901(8) Å, and = 93.279°. In spite of the different cyclic systems, similar complexes are formed where the Hg atom is coordinated by two CN groups and six oxygen atoms of the crown ether. The structure of 1 is isostructural with the crystal structures of 18C6—HgCl₂, 18C6—CdBr₂, 18C6—Sr(BH₄)₂, and 18C6—Ba(BH₄)₂. Furthermore, 1 is very similar to other 18C6—HgX₂ complexes.     

烟用接装纸中汞的冷原子吸收方法研究进展

汞是生物非必需有害元素,毒性迥异.汞进入人体后,可通过血脑屏障引起中枢神经系统的永久性损伤;对孕妇而言,可通过胎盘引起胎儿先天性水俣病.消费者在抽吸卷烟时,因滤嘴直接接触嘴唇,接装纸中的有害成分会通过口腔进入体内,汞在烟用接装纸中的分析具有重要的意义.本文介绍了用冷原子吸收光谱法分析各种材料中汞含量的方法及发展状况.     

端视ICP-AES法同时测定玩具涂料中可溶性铅、镉、汞、砷、铬、锑、硒和钡

采用端视电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)法同时测定玩具涂料中可溶性铅、镉、汞、砷、铬、锑、硒和钡.对仪器的工作参数和被测元素的分析谱线进行了优化和选择.铅、镉、汞、砷、铬、锑、硒和钡的检出限分别为0.006、0.0009、0.012、0.023、0.000 8、0.013、0.030和0.0006 mg/L.定量下限分别为0.99、0.15、2.0、3.8、0.14、2.2、5.0和0.10 mg/kg.相对标准偏差为0.76%～2.72%(n=8),加标回收率为96.0%～104.0%.该法适用于玩具涂料中铅、镉、汞、砷、铬、锑、硒和钡的快速测定.     

Ionic liquids based single drop microextraction combined with electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for determination of Co,Hg and Pb in biological and environmental samples

A new method of ionic liquids based cycle flow single drop microextraction combined with electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ETV-ICP-MS) was proposed for the determination of trace Co, Hg and Pb with 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) as both extractant and chemical modifier and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as the extraction solvent. Several factors that influence the microextraction efficiency, such as sample pH, sample flow rate, microdrop volume and extraction time, were investigated and the optimized microextraction conditions were established. Co, Hg and Pb in the post-extraction ionic liquids phase were directly determined by ETV-ICP-MS with the use of PAN as chemical modifier. The chemical modification of PAN in ETV-ICP-MS was studied and the factors affecting the vaporization behaviors of target analytes were investigated. Under the optimized conditions, the detection limits of the method were 1.5, 9.8 and 6.7 pg/mL for Co, Hg and Pb, with the relative standard deviations for 0.5 ng/mL (n = 7) of Co, Hg and Pb were 7.7%, 5.2% and 12.0%, respectively. After 10 min of extraction, the enrichment factors were 350 (Co), 50 (Hg) and 60 (Pb). The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of trace Co, Hg and Pb in human serum and environmental water samples. In order to validate the developed method, a certified reference material of human hair (GBW07601) was analyzed and the determined values were in good agreement with the certified values.     

基于四丹磺酰胺杯[4]芳烃的汞离子荧光化学传感器

我们方便地合成了上沿修饰四丹磺酰胺基团的杯[4]芳烃衍生物1,发现该化合物在含50％水的乙腈中显示出对汞离子高选择性和灵敏性的识别作用,竞争实验表明多数金属离子对其检测干扰较小。机理研究结果表明荧光萃灭源于由丹磺酰胺基团到汞离子的光致电子转移过程。另外,通过研究1和1-Hg2+的荧光衰减实验,以及对比双丹磺酰胺杯[4]芳烃2和单丹磺酰胺杯[4]芳烃3对汞离子的识别作用,发现化合物1的四丹磺酰胺基团具有很好的预组织和协同作用。化合物1对汞离子的检测限为3.41×10-6 mol·L-1,这可以使1成为一个潜在的汞离子荧光化学传感器。     

改性SCR催化剂对单质汞氧化性能的研究

在模拟SCR反应器烟气组分下,考察了过渡金属改性掺杂对SCR催化剂单质汞(Hg0)氧化性能的影响。采用N2吸附-脱附和X射线衍射(XRD)对催化剂理化性能进行表征。结果表明,金属改性掺杂减小了催化剂的比表面积和总孔容,但对催化剂的孔径分布没有太大的影响。XRD谱图中出现了微弱的过渡金属氧化物衍射峰。8%Ce/SCR和8%Cu/SCR催化剂表现出了相对稳定和高效的Hg~0氧化效率,而8%Co/SCR催化剂Hg~0氧化效率受温度影响较大。金属改性掺杂的催化剂在低NH_3和NO烟气组分中表现出较好的Hg~0氧化效率,当烟气组分中存在HCl时,促进更加明显;而当催化剂在高NH3和NO烟气组分条件下,即使有HCl的存在对Hg~0氧化效率影响也不大。