Determination of Methylmercury by Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry

• Authors: KOMÁREK Josef; ČERVENKA Rostislav; ŠIMÁKOVÁ Alena; ŘEZÁČ Petr
• Year of publication: 2005
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: International Conference on Inorganic Environmental Analysis - Proceedings of the 4th Conference
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Analytic chemistry
• Keywords: Methylmercury; Gas Chromatography; Mass Spectrometry
• Description: Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used for separation of methylmercury. Sample was digested with methanolic potassium hydroxide. Methylmercury was propylated and headspace sampled with a polydimethylsiloxane-coated SPME fused-silica fiber. The method was applied for the analysis of reference material BCR-463 tuna fish.

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