title: Mercury speciation and analysis in drinking water by stir bar sorptive extraction with in situ propyl derivatization and thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
abstract: A method for mercury analysis and speciation in drinking water was developed, which involved stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) with in situ propyl derivatization and thermal desorption (TD)-GC-MS. Ten millilitre of tap water or bottled water was used. After a stir bar, pH adjustment agent and derivatization reagent were added, SBSE was performed. Then, the stir bar was subjected to TD-GC-MS. The detection limits were 0.01 ng mL(-1) (ethylmercury; EtHg), 0.02 ng mL(-1) (methylmercury; MeHg), and 0.2 ng mL(-1) (Hg(II) and diethylmercury (DiEtHg)). The method showed good linearity and correlation coefficients. The average recoveries of mercury species (n=5) in water samples spiked with 0.5, 2.0, and 6.0 ng mL(-1) mercury species were 93.1-131.1% (RSD<11.5%), 90.1-106.4% (RSD<7.8%), and 94.2-109.6% (RSD<8.8%), respectively. The method enables the precise determination of standards and can be applied to the determination of mercury species in water samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Migaku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakui
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Noriya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okanouchi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017669:Mercury Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D017669:Mercury Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008628:Mercury