Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society | |
Methodology optimization and application for measurement of gaseous elemental mercury in the amazon atmosphere | |
Marcelo D. Almeida1  Rozane V. Marins1  Heloisa H. M. Paraquetti1  Luiz D. Lacerda1  | |
[1] ,Universidade Federal do Ceará Instituto de Ciências do Mar Fortaleza CE ,Brazil | |
关键词: gaseous elemental mercury (GEM); atmospheric mercury; Amazon atmosphere; methodology optimization; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0103-50532008000700010 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
The aim of this study was to optimize a semi-automatic methodology using commercial pure gold cartridges (Tekran Inc.) to quantify gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) in the Amazon atmosphere. The detection limit was 0.020 ± 0.006 ng Hg. This corresponds to detection limits varying from 0.2 to 0.4 ng Hg m-3, for field sample volumes ranging between 0.1 and 0.05 m³. The similarity between the 9 tested cartridges was evaluated. Under sampling flow rates varying between 0.4 and 2.0 L min-1 no difference among cartridges was observed. The maximum retention capacity of the cartridge (breakthrough) was not reached in experiments with flow rates of 1 or 2 L min-1, and with Hg concentration of 25 ng m-3 and maximum air volume of 150 L. Water condensation on the gold surface showed to be a problem, but that was solved by heating the sample cartridge at 60 ºC during sampling.
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