Methylmercury in water samples at the pg/L level by online preconcentration liquid chromatography cold vapor-atomic fluorescence spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-108

  Brombach, Christoph Cornelius ^a   Chen, Bin ^b   Corns, Warren T ^b   Feldmann, Jörg ^a   Krupp, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b PS Analytical Arthur House Crayfields Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Methylmercury speciation; Preconcentration; Ultra traces; Water

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; PH EFFECTS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEWAGE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; BREAKTHROUGH EXPERIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHYL MERCURY; ON-LINE PRECONCENTRATION; PRE-CONCENTRATION; ROBUST ANALYTICAL METHODS; ULTRATRACES;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84922519307     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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