Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 379, Issue 5-6, Pages 764-769Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-004-2593-2
Keywords
mercury; solid-phase extraction; dithiocarbamate; on-line; cold vapour; inductively coupled plasma
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A time-based sequential dispensing on-line column preconcentration procedure for mercury determination at trace levels by cold vapour generation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (CV-ICP-AES), by means of a unified module of a preconcentration column and a gas-liquid separator (PCGLS) is described. The complex of mercury formed on-line with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (APDC) is retained on the surface of the hydrophobic poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) turnings, which are packed into the lower compartment of the PCGLS. Subsequently, mercury vapour is generated directly on the PTFE turnings by reductant SnCl2 and separated from the liquid mixture via the PCGLS by argon purge gas. The outlet of the PCGLS is connected directly to the torch adapter of the plasma without the normal spray chamber and nebulizer. With 60-s preconcentration time and 12.0 mL min(-1) sample flow rate, the sampling frequency is 30 h(-1). The calibration curve is linear over the concentration range 0.02-5.0 mug L-1, the detection limit (CL) is 0.01 mug L-1 and the relative standard deviation (s(r)) is 3.1% at the 1.0 mug L-1 level. The proposed method was evaluated by analysis of BCR CRM 278 (Mytilus Edulis) reference material and applied to the determination of total mercury in digested urine, blood and hair samples.
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