Validation and quality control of methylmercury determinations by means of capillary electrophoresis |
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Authors: | Antonia Maria Carro Diaz R A Lorenzo-Ferreira R Cela-Torrijos |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15706 Santiago, Spain |
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Abstract: | Methyl-Hg is one of the most dangerous pollutants in the environment. It is highly toxic and accumulates through the food chain. Tuna fish especially tends to concentrate Hg in the form of methyl-Hg. Quality assurance is a well established routine in analytical laboratories to control the variability of analytical results and to maintain adequate stability, detection power and reproducibility. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has shown in recent years powerful capabilities for the resolution and analysis of very complex samples. The high resolution and peak capacity characteristics of this technique could be used favourably in speciation studies of organo-Hg compounds. Since the time needed for separation is usually very short in this technique, it lends itself to routine analysis. The application of quality control approaches in the analysis of methyl-Hg in tuna freeze-dried materials using CE is reported. |
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Keywords: | validation quality control methylmercury reference materials capillary electrophoresis |
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