Comparison of different extraction techniques used for methylmercury analysis with respect to accidental formation of methylmercury during sample preparation

Chemosphere

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1093-1105

  Hintelmann, H ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifact; Isotope dilution; Mercury; Methylation; Methylmercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; METHYLMERCURY; POTASSIUM BROMATE; WATER;

ANALYSIS; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTILLATION; EXTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEACHING; METHYLATION; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033197912     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00180-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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