Issue 12, 2005
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Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Induction heating-electrothermal vaporization for direct mercury analysis of a single human hair strand by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Josiane P. Lafleur,a   Rebecca Lam,a   Hing Man Chanb  and  Eric D. Salin*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E-mail: eric.salin@mcgill.ca

b Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE) and School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

It was demonstrated that a single human hair strand can be analyzed for total mercury using an induction heating-electrothermal vaporizer with ICP-MS detection, achieving a detection limit of 20 pg or 30 ng g−1 (based on a 0.6 mg sample).

Graphical abstract: Induction heating-electrothermal vaporization for direct mercury analysis of a single human hair strand by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B511803B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Aug 2005
Accepted
21 Sep 2005
First published
06 Oct 2005

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2005,20, 1315-1317

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Induction heating-electrothermal vaporization for direct mercury analysis of a single human hair strand by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

J. P. Lafleur, R. Lam, H. Man Chan and E. D. Salin, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2005, 20, 1315 DOI: 10.1039/B511803B

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