冷原子荧光光谱法测定沉积物中总汞方法的改进

应用国家标准方法(GB/T 22105.1-2008)测定沉积物中总汞量时,对其中的样品消解方法作如下改进:①试样置于盐酸-硝酸(3+1)混合酸中浸泡过夜,次日加水定容为50mL,取其上层清液供冷原子荧光光谱法测定其总汞量;②上述试样溶液如在1～3d内分析毋需加入保护剂及稀释剂,按改进后的方法,总汞的质量浓度在4.00ng.L-1以内与荧光强度呈线性关系,检出限(3S/N)为0.011ng.L-1。用于沉积物中总汞的测定,经t-检验与国家标准方法测定值无显著差异。方法的日内(n=6)和日间(n=5)相对标准偏差分别在1.1%～3.7%和5.9%～7.0%之间。     

热解吸收-冷原子荧光光谱法测定水泥中痕量汞

将热解吸收技术应用于冷原子荧光光谱法测定水泥样品中痕量汞含量。采用自制的石英管加热550℃处理样品,用0.01mol·L-1高锰酸钾溶液作为吸收液吸收释放出的汞蒸气,用盐酸羟胺还原过量的高锰酸钾后直接进样测定。试验中优化了仪器的工作参数和试验条件。分析中采用载气及屏蔽气的流量依次为400mL.min-1及1 000mL.min-1。荧光强度与汞的质量浓度在2μg·L-1以内呈线性关系,方法的检出限(3σ)为0.020μg·L-1。应用此法分析土壤标准样品(GBW 07405),测定值(0.30μg.g-1)与证书值(0.29±0.03μg.g-1)相符;方法用于测定水泥中汞含量,加标回收率在97.0%～107.0%之间,相对标准偏差(n=5)在0.7%～4.1%之间。     

Cold vapour atomic fluorescence determination of mercury in milk by slurry sampling using multicommutation

A highly sensitive mechanized method has been developed for the determination of mercury in milk by atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS). Samples were sonicated for 10 min in an ultrasound water bath in the presence of 8% (v/v) aqua regia, 2% (v/v) antifoam A and 1% (m/v) hydroxilamine hydrochloride, and after that, they were treated with 8 mmol l⁻¹ KBr and 1.6 mmol l⁻¹ KBrO₃ in an hydrochloric medium. Atomic fluorescence measurements were made by multicommutation, which provides a fast alternative in quality control analysis, due to the easy treatment of a large number of samples (approximately 70 h⁻¹), and is an environmentally friendly procedure, which involves a waste generation of only 94.5 ml h⁻¹ as compared with the 605 ml h⁻¹ obtained by using continuous AFS measurements. The limit of detection found was 0.011 ng g⁻¹ Hg in the original sample. The method provided a relative standard deviation of 3.4% for five independent analysis of a sample containing 0.30 ng g⁻¹ Hg. To validate the accuracy of the method, a certified reference material NIST-1459 (non-fat milk powder) containing 0.3±0.2 ng g⁻¹ Hg was analysed and a value of 0.27±0.06 ng g⁻¹ Hg was found. A comparison made between data found by the developed procedure and those obtained by microwave-assisted digestion and continuous AFS measurements evidenced a good comparability between these two strategies. Results obtained for commercially available milk samples varied between 0.09 and 0.61 ng g⁻¹ Hg depending on the type of sample and its origin. The confluence of the analytical waste with a 6 mol l⁻¹ NaOH allowed us to reduce the waste generation in a working session from 1 l to 5 g solid residue with a matrix of Fe(OH)₃ which contributes to the deactivation of traces of heavy metals presents in the samples that does not form volatile hydrides.     

冷原子荧光光谱法测定净水剂聚氯化铝中汞含量

提出了冷原子荧光光谱法测定净水剂聚氯化铝中痕量汞,采用断续流动进样,并对仪器的工作条件负高压、灯电流、载气流量、屏蔽气流量作了优化。在优化条件下,荧光强度与汞的质量浓度在0.1～2.0μg.L-1范围内呈线性关系,检出限(3s)为0.05μg.L-1。按此方法分析了聚氯化铝样品,汞测定值的相对标准偏差(n=7)为1.93%。     

Determination of mercury species by the diffusive gradient in thin film technique and liquid chromatography – atomic fluorescence spectrometry after microwave extraction

A diffusive gradient in thin films technique (DGT) was combined with liquid chromatography (LC) and cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CV-AFS) for the simultaneous quantification of four mercury species (Hg²⁺, CH₃Hg⁺, C₂H₅Hg⁺, and C₆H₅Hg⁺). After diffusion through an agarose diffusive layer, the mercury species were accumulated in resin gels containing thiol-functionalized ion-exchange resins (Duolite GT73, and Ambersep GT74). A microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) in the presence of 6 M HCl and 5 M HCl (55 °C, 15 min) was used for isolation of mercury species from Ambersep and Duolite resin gels, respectively. The extraction efficiency was higher than 95.0% (RSD 3.5%). The mercury species were separated with a mobile phase containing 6.2% methanol + 0.05% 2-mercaptoethanol + 0.02 M ammonium acetate with a stepwise increase of methanol content up to 80% in the 16th min on a Zorbax C18 reverse phase column. The LODs of DGT–MAE–LC–CV-AFS method were 38 ng L⁻¹ for CH₃Hg⁺, 13 ng L⁻¹ for Hg²⁺, 34 ng L⁻¹ for C₂H₅Hg⁺ and 30 ng L⁻¹ for C₆H₅Hg⁺ for 24 h DGT accumulation at 25 °C.     

Carbon nanotubes as solid-phase extraction sorbents prior to atomic spectrometric determination of metal species: A review

New materials have significant impact on the development of new methods and instrumentation for chemical analysis. From the discovery of carbon nanotubes in 1991, single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes – due to their high adsorption and desorption capacities – have been employed as sorption substrates in solid-phase extraction for the preconcentration of metal species from diverse matrices. Looking for successive improvements in sensitivity and selectivity, in the past few years, carbon nanotubes have been utilized as sorbents for solid phase extraction in three different ways: like as-grown, oxidized and functionalized nanotubes. In the present paper, an overview of the recent trends in the use of carbon nanotubes for solid phase extraction of metal species in environmental, biological and food samples is presented. The determination procedures involved the adsorption of metals on the nanotube surface, their quantitative desorption and subsequent measurement by means of atomic spectrometric techniques such as flame atomic absorption spectrometry, electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry/mass spectrometry, among others. Synthesis, purification and types of carbon nanotubes, as well as the diverse chemical and physical strategies for their functionalization are described. Based on 140 references, the performance and general properties of the applications of solid phase extraction based on carbon nanotubes for metal species atomic spectrometric determination are discussed.     

Non-chromatographic atomic spectrometric methods in speciation analysis: A review

In recent years, knowledge of the different chemical forms of the elements has gained increasing importance. There has been significant progress in methods that hyphenate chromatographic separations with atomic spectrometry. These hyphenated methods can provide the most complete information on the species distribution and even structure. However, they can be lengthy, relatively costly and difficult to bring to the routine. On the other hand, it is important to remember that chromatographic techniques represent only a minor part of the separation procedures available and, in certain cases, the application of basic chemistry to sample treatments can give quantitative information about specific chemical forms. In this sense, non-chromatographic procedures can provide methods that offer sufficient information on the elemental speciation for a series of situations. Moreover, these non-chromatographic strategies can be less time consuming, more cost effective and available, and present competitive limits of detection. Thus, non-chromatographic speciation analysis continues to be a promising research area and has been applied to the development of several methodologies that facilitate this type of analytical approach. In view of their importance, the present work overviews and discusses different non-chromatographic methods as alternatives for the speciation analysis of clinical, environmental and food samples using atomic spectrometry for detection.     

阳离子交换树脂富集-流动注射-冷原子荧光光谱法测定环境水样中痕量汞

提出了用阳离子交换树脂富集环境水样中痕量汞,用流动注射-冷原子荧光光谱法测定其中汞的含量。对阳离子交换柱的制备、富集时间、介质及洗脱剂的酸度等分析条件做了试验并予以优化。汞的质量浓度在40 ng.L-1以内与其荧光强度呈线性关系,方法的检出限(3s)为0.13 ng.L-1。应用此法对环境水样进行分析,并以此样品为基体作回收试验,测得汞的回收率在72.5%~101.3%之间。