Determination of total mercury in nuts at ultratrace level

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 838, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-19

  da Silva, Maria José ^a   Paim, Ana Paula S ^b   Pimentel, Maria Fernanda ^b   Cervera, M Luisa ^c   de la Guardia, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gold amalgamation; Mercury determination; Nut; Sample defatting

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLY ASH; METALS;

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; CERTIFIED VALUES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MERCURY DETERMINATION; NUT; ULTRA-TRACE LEVELS; UNPOLISHED RICE;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALMOND; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZIL NUT; CASHEW NUT; COLD VAPOUR ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METAL EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PISTACHIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SPAIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WALNUT; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; NUT; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; FUCUS; JUGLANS; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

CALIBRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MERCURY; NUTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84904742275     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.06.049     Document Type: Article

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