Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1288, Issue -, Pages 155-159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.02.004
Keywords
Methylmercury; Ethylmercury; HPLC; Chemiluminescence; Soil; Sediment
Funding
- Steel Foundation for Environmental Protection Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [22404002]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22404002, 25257302] Funding Source: KAKEN
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A method for the simultaneous determination of monomethylmercury (MeHg+) and monoethylmercury (EtHg+) in soil/sediment samples was developed. The method involves eluting mercury species from the soil/sediment samples using 5 M HCl containing 5 mM Pd2+ and 0.1 M Cu2+ and then extracting MeHg+ and EtHg+ into toluene as chlorides. These alkylmercury chlorides are then back-extracted into an aqueous EDTA solution, creating EDTA complexes. Finally, an emetine-dithiocarbamate (emetineCS(2)) solution is added to the EDTA solution to form emetineCS(2)-alkylmercury complexes. EmetineCS(2)-MeHg and emetineCS(2)-EtHg were separated using reverse-phase HPLC and then detected by the chemiluminescence reaction with tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(III). The MeHg+ and EtHg+ calibration curves, using the peak height, were linear from 0.5 to 20 ng (as Hg). The detection limit was 0.16 ng/g (analyzing 1 g soil or sediment). The procedure was validated by analyzing a certified reference material (ERM CC580, estuarine sediment). The MeHg+ concentration determined using the proposed method was in good agreement with the certified value, and EtHg+ was detected in the reference material. A preliminary study of the relationship between environmental mercury concentrations and MeHg+ production was performed. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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