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Use of sodium tetraethylborate for the analysis of trimethyllead species in artificial rainwater and a natural road dust sample

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Several artificial rainwater samples and a natural sample of road dust have been analysed for trimethyllead under the aegis of a European Union Measurement and Testing (Bureau of Community Reference — BCR) intercomparison exercise, using a new and simplified purge and trap ethylation technique. Levels of trimethyllead found have been similar to those reported at lower levels from the natural environment. The method has been successful in the presence of excess amounts of inorganic lead, even for organic lead levels one tenth of those recently reported for the natural environment.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, De Montfort University, The Gateway, LE1 9BH, Leicester, Great Britain

    P. J. Craig, R. J. Dewick & J. T. van Elteren

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Craig, P.J., Dewick, R.J. & van Elteren, J.T. Use of sodium tetraethylborate for the analysis of trimethyllead species in artificial rainwater and a natural road dust sample. Fresenius J Anal Chem 351, 467–470 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00322921

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