Automated simultaneous analysis of monomethyl and mercuric Hg in biotic samples by Hg-thiourea complex liquid chromatography following acidic thiourea leaching

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6604-6610

  Shade, Christopher W ^a  

^a Quicksilver Scientific LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); THIOUREAS; ACETIC ACID; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; RESINS; TISSUE; VAPORS;

BIOTIC SAMPLES; COMPLEX LIQUIDS; LEACHING PROCEDURES; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THIOUREAS;

ACETIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY; RESIN; THIOUREA; WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACETIC ACID; CATION; COMPLEXATION; FLOW PATTERN; FLUORESCENCE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RESIN; SAMPLING; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY; UREA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VAPORIZATION;

AUTOMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THIOUREA;

ABSOLUTE DETECTION LIMITS; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; BIOTIC SAMPLES; COLD VAPOR; COLD VAPOR GENERATION; DETECTION LIMITS; GLACIAL ACETIC ACID; ION-PAIRING; LEACHING PROCEDURES; LEACHING SOLUTION; PH ADJUSTMENT; PROTONATING; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REVERSED-PHASE SEPARATION; SAMPLE INTRODUCTION; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SOLID MATRIXES; WATERSOLUBLE;

EID: 50849111094     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800187y     Document Type: Article

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