Journal article
Induction heating-electrothermal vaporization for direct mercury analysis of a single human hair strand by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2K61
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, H9X 3V92
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).
Language: | Undetermined |
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Publisher: | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
Year: | 2005 |
Pages: | 1315-1317 |
ISSN: | 13645544 and 02679477 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1039/b511803b |