A new pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate screening method for the determination of methylmercury and inorganic mercury relation in hair samples by HPLC-UV-PCO-CVAAS |
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Authors: | R. Falter H. F. Schö ler |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut für Umwelt-Geochemie, Universität Heidelberg, INF 236, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | A new analytical screening technique for the determination of methylmercury and inorganic mercury in hair samples by HPLC-PCO-CVAAS has been developed. It is based on the extraction of mercury compounds by a buffered sodium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate solution, separation by reversed-phase HPLC, post column oxidation by UV-irradiation, reduction with alkaline sodium borohydride, and determination by cold vapour atomic absorption detection. The standard deviation was 7% and recoveries were 90% for both compounds. The limit of detection (S/N = 3) for both compounds was calculated to be about 4 ppb. |
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