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Evaluation of different digestion systems for determination of trace mercury in seaweeds by cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry

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JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages 7-12

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.10.003

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Mercury; Seaweeds; Food analysis; Digestion procedure; Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Sample pretreatment; Food safety; Heavy metal contamination of seafood; Food composition

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Four methods for acid digestion of seaweeds were compared in 10 commercially available seaweeds: (i) in stainless steel-Teflon (R) PTFE-bombs at high pressure and temperature, (ii) in closed-Teflon (R) PFA-vessels at high pressure and temperature, (iii) in open-polypropylene-tubes with reflux caps in a graphite heating block at high temperature and (iv) in closed-TFM (TM) PTFE-vessels with microwave-assisted controlled pressure and temperature. Hg was determined in all digests by cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CV-AFS). Assessment of digestion methods was performed by comparison with the results obtained for total mercury determination by the Method EPA 7473, based on direct mercury analysis in the solid samples, and with a reference material BCR-279. The open vessel digestion system with reflux in a graphite heating block at high temperature constitutes the best choice since it was found to give the better Hg extraction (83-103%) as well as the lowest variability, being RSD < 10% for most of the studied seaweeds. A previous freeze-drying and intensive grinding was the best pretreatment. Similar results were obtained with and without the presence of oxidizing agents (KMnO4, K2Cr2O7) and with different tube-materials (borosilicate glass, PTFE and polypropylene). (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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