J. Bettmer et al., GC-MIP-PED AS AN ELEMENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS, Applied organometallic chemistry, 9(7), 1995, pp. 541-545
The application of the combination of gas chromatography and a self-de
veloped plasma emission detector for organomercury speciation is prese
nted, The system, basing on interference filter technology, is describ
ed briefly. The plasma and the optical system have to be optimized to
reach highest sensitivity for mercury detection. Dimethyl-, methyl- an
d inorganic mercury as selected compounds have been separated on a GC
column and calibrated to obtain the analytical performance data of the
system used. Finally, the analysis of some real samples has been perf
ormed.