Sensitive Determination Method for Mercury Ion, Methyl-, Ethyl-, and Phenyl-mercury in Water and Biological Samples Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Chemiluminescence Detection
Sensitive Determination Method for Mercury Ion, Methyl-, Ethyl-, and Phenyl-mercury in Water and Biological Samples Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Chemiluminescence Detection
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DOI:
10.2116/analsci.28.959
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发表时间:
2012-10-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Tomiyasu, Takashi
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作者:
Kodamatani, Hitoshi;Matsuyama, Akito;Tomiyasu, Takashi
A sensitive determination method for mercury speciation analysis was developed. Four mercury species, mercury ion, methylmercury, ethylmercury, and phenylmercury, were complexed with emetine-dithiocarbamate (emetine-CS2), and then injected onto a HPLC instrument coupled with a tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(III) chemiluminescence detection system. The emetine-CS2 complexing agent was effectively used to measure the concentration in addition to serving as a separation and detection reagent. The calibration curves for these mercury complexes were linear in the range of 0.050 - 10 mu g L-1 (as Hg). The limit of detection for (emetine-CS2)(2)Hg, emetine-CS2-methylmercury, emetine-CS2-ethylmercury, and emetine-CS2-phenylmercury were 30, 17, 21, and 22 ng L-1, respectively. The sensitivity of this method enables the determination of mercury species in water samples at sub-ppb levels. Furthermore, the method was applied to biological samples in combination with acid leaching and liquid-liquid extraction using emetine-CS2 as an extraction reagent. The determination results were in good agreement with the values of the certified reference materials.