Direct determination of total mercury in phosphate rock using alkaline fusion digestion |
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| Authors: | Fabio D&rsquo Agostino,Elvira Oliveri,Emanuela Bagnato,Francesca Falco,Salvatore Mazzola,Mario Sprovieri |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC) – CNR, Via del Mare 3, 91021 Torretta Granitola (Trapani), Italy;2. DiSTeM, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this work was to develop a new method to determine the mercury (Hg) concentrations in phosphate rock using a dedicated analytical instrument (the DMA80 Tricell by Milestone) that employs an integrated sequence of thermal decomposition followed by catalyst conversion, amalgamation and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. However, this instrument underestimates Hg concentrations when phosphorite and apatite rocks are investigated with a classic thermal decomposition treatment that complies with US EPA method 7473. |
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| Keywords: | Mercury Alkaline fusion digestion Apatite Phosphorite EPA method 7473 |
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