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Bełdowska, Magdalena; Saniewska, Dominika; Gębka, Karolina; Kwasigroch, Urszula; Korejwo, Ewa; Kobos, Justyna
Talanta (Oxford), 05/2018, Volume: 182Journal Article
The threat connected to mercury results from its capacity to be transported over long distances and its ability to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in the trophic chain, making it a global problem. Humans are situated at the top of the trophic ladder, and excess mercury manifests itself mainly in the onset of neurological conditions. The toxicity of mercury, as well as its residence time, depends on the form in which it occurs. However, analysis of mercury speciation is time-consuming and poses a high risk of additional or negative contamination. Hence, the mercury thermodesorption method, and particularly its use for fractionating Hg, offers many new possibilities. Here, the thermodesorption technique was applied to the determination of mercury fraction in particulate matter using a DMA-80 direct mercury analyser (Milestone, Italy). The presented method allows direct (without prior mineralisation) determination of labile and stabile mercury fractions within a relatively short time. Heating sample in subsequent temperatures enables determination the share of mercury adsorbed on the surface (mainly associated with halogenides (Hgads1) and HgSO4/HgO/HgF2 (Hgads2), as well as absorbed within the suspended particulate organic matter (Hgabs), in a relatively short time. This fractionation is of great importance in terms of estimating the transfer of mercury to and along the trophic chain. This method determines the contribution of two stable mercury fractions:: HgS and residual Hg, strongly bound to particulate matter matrix (Hgres). The novelty of this technique is also its joint ability to determine gaseous mercury bound to airboirne particulate matter, which will enable better understand Hg cycling in the atmosphere as well as mercury fraction in dry deposition flux. This method enables assessment of global mercury circulation in environment. Display omitted •Method enables recognition of Hg adsorbed and absorbed on/in the organic matter.•Innovative method of analysing gaseous Hg adsorbed on particulate matter in air.•Method may verify residual time and transport of Hg in the atmosphere.•Presented method may be implemented by many laboratories.
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