title: Determination of mercury in fish tissue using a minianalyzer based on cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry at the 184.9 nm line.
abstract: A sensitive method was proposed and optimized for the determination of total mercury in fish tissue by using wet digestion, followed by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) at the main resonance line of mercury (184.9 nm). The measurements were made using a new type of a non-dispersive mercury minianalyzer. This instrument was initially designed and built for atmospheric mercury-vapor detection. For determining mercury in aqueous samples, the minianalyzer was linked with a mercury/hydride system, Perkin Elmer Model MHS-10. To check the method, the analyzed samples were spiked with a standard solution of mercury. The recoveries of mercury spiked to wet fish tissue were >90% for 0.5 - 0.8 g samples. The results showed a better sensitivity (about 2.5 times higher) when using the mercury absorption line at 184.9 nm compared with the sensitivity obtained by conventional CVAAS at 253.7 nm.
authors: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. cristinariz2002@yahoo.com
authors: Maria-Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Rizea
authors: Maria-Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Bratu
authors: Andrei Florin
authors: AF
authors: Danet
authors: Adrian
authors: A
authors: Bratu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002138:Calibration; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005399:Fishes; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D049329:Nanostructures; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury