Automated Microwave Digestion of Certifiable Color Additives for Determination of Mercury by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Automated microwave digestion of certifiable color additives for determination of mercury by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry.

A procedure using an automated microwave flow digestion technique was developed and validated for the digestion of samples of certifiable color additives before mercury determination by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. Recovery studies were performed by spiking most of the color additives subject to batch certification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with inorganic mercury (H...

Determination of mercury in the urine by atomic absorption spectrometry - cold vapor technique

Urine is a liquid waste product of the body. Substances that are ingested and fail to be apsorbed are excreted, solid waste through the intestines, the urine through the kidney and ureter and another fluid from the body through perspiration. Determination of mercury content of urine is not included in routine examinations, but mercury can be present in urine at concentrations that could have se...

Use of Different Gold Amalgamation Techniques in Mercury Determination by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Determination of mercury(II) ion by electrochemical cold vapor generation atomic absorption spectrometry.

A technique for determination of mercury is described; it is based on electrolytic reduction of Hg(II) ion on a graphite cathode, the trapping of mercury vapor and its volatilization into a quartz tube aligned in the optical path of an atomic absorption spectrometer. The electrochemical cell consisted of a graphite cathode and an anode operating with constant direct current for the production o...

optimization of a novel setup for an on-line study of elemental mercury adsorption by cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry

background: the objective of this work was developing a simple and stable time-based on-line setup for assessing the potential of mercury (hg) vapor adsorption of the commercial sorbents used in air sampling and control operation followed by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (cvaas). methods: a special designed separation chamber was used where reduction of the injected hg (ii) solution...