Speciation analysis of mercury in sediments, zoobenthos and river water samples by high-performance liquid chromatography hyphenated to atomic fluorescence spectrometry following preconcentration by solid phase extraction

A high-pressure microwave digestion was applied for microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of mercury species from sediments and zoobenthos samples. A mixture containing 3 mol L⁻¹ HCl, 50% aqueous methanol and 0.2 mol L⁻¹ citric acid (for masking co-extracted Fe³⁺) was selected as the most suitable extraction agent. The efficiency of proposed extraction method was better than 95% with R.S.D. below 6%. A preconcentration method utilizing a “homemade” C18 solid phase extraction (SPE) microcolumns was developed to enhance sensitivity of the mercury species determination using on-column complex formation of mercury-2-mercaptophenol complexes. Methanol was chosen for counter-current elution of the retained mercury complexes achieving a preconcentration factor as much as 1000. The preconcentration method was applied for the speciation analysis of mercury in river water samples. The high-performance liquid chromatography-cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometric (HPLC/CV-AFS) method was used for the speciation analysis of mercury. The complete separation of four mercury species was achieved by an isocratic elution of aqueous methanol (65%/35%) on a Zorbax SB-C18 column (4.6 mm × 150 mm, 5 μm) using the same complexation reagent (2-mercaptophenol). The limits of detection were 4.3 μg L⁻¹ for methylmercury (MeHg⁺), 1.4 μg L⁻¹ for ethylmercury (EtHg⁺), 0.8 μg L⁻¹ for inorganic mercury (Hg²⁺), 0.8 μg L⁻¹ for phenylmercury (PhHg⁺).     

回流冷凝试样消解-电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定铝合金中铅、镉、铬和汞

采用回流冷凝技术,将电子电气产品中铝合金样品用稀盐酸加热溶解后,用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)同时测定电子电气产品铝合金中铅、镉、铬和汞,方法的检出限为0.001 8~0.019 mg.L-1,方法的回收率和精密度分别为92.3%~96.1%和0.16%~3.71%。     

冷原子荧光法测定食品中的汞

研究了断续流动进样冷原子荧光法测定食品中痕量汞，获得方法的检出限为0.02μg/L。     

磺硝酚偶氮若丹宁固相萃取光度法测定生物样品中的汞

在 p H2 .0的氯乙酸 -氢氧化钠缓冲介质与吐温 - 80存在下 ,磺硝酚偶氮若丹宁 (NSPAR)与汞反应生成 2∶ 1稳定络合物 ,可被 Waters Sep- Pak C18小柱固相萃取 ,氮 -氮二甲基甲酰氨 (DMF)洗脱后光度法测定 ,λmax=5 5 0 nm,体系摩尔吸光系数ε=8.12× 10 4L· mol-1· cm-1。汞含量在 0 .0 5— 4 .0μg/m L内符合比耳定律 ,用于生物样品中汞含量的测定 ,结果令人满意     

Engineering and characterization of mesoporous silica-coated magnetic particles for mercury removal from industrial effluents

Mesoporous silica coatings were synthesized on dense liquid silica-coated magnetite particles using cetyl-trimethyl-ammonium chloride (CTAC) as molecular templates, followed by sol-gel process. A specific surface area of the synthesized particles as high as 150 m²/g was obtained. After functionalization with mercapto-propyl-trimethoxy-silane (MPTS) through silanation reaction, the particles exhibited high affinity of mercury in aqueous solutions. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), zeta potential measurement, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), analytical transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) were used to characterize the synthesis processes, surface functionalization, and mercury adsorption on the synthesized magnetite particles. The loading capacity of the particles for mercury was determined to be as high as 14 mg/g at pH 2. A unique feature of strong magnetism of the synthesized nanocomposite particles makes the subsequent separation of the magnetic sorbents from complex multiphase suspensions convenient and effective.     

热解析富集-能量色散X射线荧光光谱法对溶液中汞的测定

搭建热解析富集装置对溶液中的汞富集后进行检测,可以提高X射线荧光测试的灵敏度.整个测试过程如下:样品中的汞在高温下发生热解析,经过滤膜时被选择性吸附,在使用光谱仪测试后,最终计算出样品中汞的含量.在热解析管路中加入白云石增加停留时间,可以降低汞的热解还原温度,在使用汞稳定化剂的条件下,只需加热到600℃就可以实现汞的解...     

Quantitative Separation of Hg(11) From Several Metal Ions on Zr(IV) Antimonate Papers

Abstract

The chromatographic behaviour of 32 metal ions has been studied on paper Impregnated with Zirconium(IV) antimonate in aqueous HCI and mixed solvent system containing dimethyisul phoxide and dioxane. Several Important binary and ternary separations have been achieved. Quantitative separation of Hg(ll) from Ni²⁺, Pb²⁺, Pd²⁺, Ru³⁺, Rh³⁺, Bi³⁺, Co²⁺, Cd²⁺ and Gd³⁺ is described.     

Development of a test strip based on DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles for rapid detection of mercury(II) ions

A rapid,sensitive,selective and reliable strip assay based on DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles for Hg²⁺ detection has been developed,with a detection limit 5 nmol/L.The measurement principle was based on thymine-Hg²⁺-thymine(T-Hg²⁺-T) coordination chemistry and streptavidin-biotin interaction.The major advantages of this assay are that results can be read visually without any instrument in less than 10 min and that it does not require any sample pretreatment.     

Roles of γ-Fe2O3 in fly ash for mercury removal: Results of density functional theory study

First-principle calculations based on density function theory (DFT) are used to clarify the roles of γ-Fe₂O₃ in fly ash for removing mercury from coal-fired flue gases. In this study, the structure of key surface of γ-Fe₂O₃ is modeled and spin-polarized periodic boundary conditions with the partial relaxation of atom positions are employed. Binding energies of Hg on γ-Fe₂O₃ (0 0 1) perfect and defective surfaces are calculated for different adsorption sites and the potential adsorption sites are predicted. Additionally, electronic structure is examined to better understand the binding mechanism. It is found that mercury is preferably adsorbed on the bridge site of γ-Fe₂O₃ (0 0 1) perfect surface, with binding energy of −54.3 kJ/mol. The much stronger binding occurs at oxygen vacancy surface with binding energy of −134.6 kJ/mol. The calculations also show that the formation of hybridized orbital between Hg and Fe atom of γ-Fe₂O₃ (0 0 1) is responsible for the relatively strong interaction of mercury with the solid surface, which suggests that the presently described processes are all noncatalytic in nature. However, this is a reflection more of mercury's amalgamation ability.