Optimization of Pretreatment Method for Alkylmercuries Speciation in Coal by High‐Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with UV‐Digestion Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry |
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| Authors: | Bin He Erle Gao Jianbo Shi Lina Liang Yongguang Yin |
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| Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco‐Environmental Sciences , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Exhaustive extraction of analytes in their original chemical forms from samples with complex matrices is a pivotal step for speciation analysis. Herein we propose a pretreatment method for extracting and preconcentrating methylmercury and ethylmercury from coal samples by using KBr–H2SO4/CuSO4–C6H5CH3–Na2S2O3 system. The extraction conditions, including the volume of the organic phase and the extraction time, were optimized in detail. Speciation analysis of alkylmercuries was carried out by high‐performance liquid chromatography online coupled with UV‐digestion and cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry. The detection limits were 0.6 ng mL?1 for methylmercury and 1 ng mL?1 for ethylmercury, respectively. The recoveries of methylmercury and ethylmercury spiked in a sample were 84% and 82%, respectively. The method was applied successfully to analysis of alkylmercuries in four coal samples collected from northeast China. |
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| Keywords: | Alkylmercuries coal samples pretreatment method speciation analysis |
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