ISSN:
1618-2650
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Summary A new calibration method for the determination of mercury by CVAAS using collector preconcentration is described. The main piece of a developed calibration device is a special valve which links a closed Hg — saturated gas flow with an open flow of the carrier gas to the AA — spectrometer. This principle allows the direct injection of defined Hg-saturated gas volumes into the sample gas-flow. In this way the known systematic errors of traditional methods by contamination and loss, caused above all by the manual handling of mercury vapor or solution, are avoided. Instrumental and procedural aspects of the application are discussed and the reliability relating to the mercury determination in air and biological materials is evaluated. The new method is superior to the other calibration methods in every way. In the 1 ng Hg range the within-run precision is better than 1%, and the day-to-day precision better than 2%. The accuracy was validated by determining various biological SRMs. All the results in the μg/g and ng/g level corresponded well to certified values. The new method is also a simple and reliable way of carrying out the necessary internal quality control.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00323163
