Use of background correction to improve the accuracy of the selective reduction method for determining methyl mercury in fish.
Background correction is used with a previously published flameless atomic absorption method for the concurrent determination of inorganic and methyl mercury. The use of background correction simplifies the procedure, but, more importantly, eliminates errors in mercury readings due to broad band absorption by other volatile compounds produced during the determination.
D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
D008767:Methylmercury Compounds