Quick and Direct Determination of Total Mercury in Soil Samples Using Portable Mercury Analyzer

Abstract:

The total mercury in soil was determined directly by Thermal decomposition-Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometric method, which was used by portable mercury analyzer. The uniform samples without drying and digestion could be measured directly. The performance indicators of established method were satisfied in linear range, accuracy and precision. The limit of detection could approach to be as low as 1 μg/kg. Compared to the other methods to measure soil samples, the aforementioned method could achieve the similar results. The analyzer is portable and could measure the mercury in soil easily and quickly without using any reagents.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 848)
• Pages: 66-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.848.66
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Yspjan Abdkram, Mao Yuan*, Yu Xiao Gao, En Jiang Teng
• Keywords: Direct Determination, Mercury, Portable Mercury Analyzer, Soil

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