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In this study, the analysis of methyl mercury (MeHg) and total mercury (T-Hg) was studied using gas chromatographic separation/atomic fluorescence spectrometric detection and cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry respectively. MeHg was extracted from sediment matrix using HNO3/KCl/CuSO4 into dichloromethane followed ethylation with NaB(C2H5)4 in hexane. Total mercury was digested using three different procedures: EPA 245.1, AOAC 971.21 and our proposed one. The reliability of the analytical method for MeHg was evaluated by the use of the certified reference material ERM CC-580. In addition, the analytical method for total merury was evaluated using a fresh water sediment as an internal reference material, spiked with inorganic mercury, methyl mercury and phenyl mercury. The method detection limits for MeHg and total mercury were 0.08 and 0.15 ng/g (as Hg), respectively. The established analytical methods were applied to analyse MeHg and total mercury in sediment samples collected from canals and rivers in Hochiminh City. The concentrations of methyl mercury and total mercury in sediment samples were 0.08–2.87 ng/g và 14 – 623 ng/g (as Hg, dw). [MeHg]/Σ[Hg] respectirely were in a range of 0.1–2.3 %, which was in good agreement with the published ratios in sediment samples. A good correlation between the concentration of MeHg with total mercury and total organic carbon contents in the studied sediment samples was found.
Issue: Vol 19 No 4 (2016)
Page No.: 123-136
Published: Dec 31, 2016
Section: Natural Sciences - Research article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32508/stdj.v19i4.680
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