Simplified sample preparation procedure for measuring isotope-enriched methylmercury by gas chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1256-1262

  Avramescu, Mary Luyza ^a   Zhu, Joy ^b   Yumvihoze, Emmanuel ^a   Hintelmann, Holger ^b   Fortin, Danielle ^a   Lean, David R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Isotopes; Methylmercury; Sediment; Thiosulfate extraction

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ANALYTES; CONCENTRATION OF; DEGRADATION RATE; DERIVATIZATION PROCEDURES; DERIVATIZATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY SEPARATIONS; HIGH COSTS; LEACHING PROCEDURES; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; METHYL MERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PURGE AND TRAP; SAMPLE MATRIX; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURE; SEDIMENT CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SPIKED SAMPLES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ACIDS; AIR CLEANERS; DEGRADATION; DISTILLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHOTORESISTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACID; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; THIOSULFATE; WATER;

ARTIFACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHYLMERCURY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; THIOSULFATE;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEMETHYLATION; DERIVATIZATION; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THIOSULFATE EXTRACTION;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953574903     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.158     Document Type: Article

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