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Stuart Chalk, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
University of North Florida
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Classification: Electrode -> platinum -> mercury coated

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"Selective Determination Of Methylmercury By Flow Injection Fast-scan Voltammetry"
Electroanalysis 1998 Volume 10, Issue 13 Pages 926-930

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Rebecca Lai, Eva L. Huang, Feimeng Zhou *, David O. Wipf

Abstract: A simple flow injection system, suitable for solution flow rates at microliters-per-minute, was combined with fast-scan voltammetry for selective determination of MeHg+. A thin Hg film was formed at a Pt microelectrode prior to the measurement. Detection of MeHg+ is carried out by measuring the oxidation of MeHg radicals that were generated at the Hg microelectrode. At slow scan rates, the electrogenerated MeHg radicals undergo a follow-up dimerization reaction to form M2Hg2 (ErCi2 mechanism). At fast scan rates, MeHg radicals can be quantitatively reoxidized (reversible electron-transfer). Optimization of the experimental conditions of the system was performed based on studies of the relationship between the scan rate and the dimerization rate of the MeHg radical. Under optimized conditions, detection level of sub-nanomole was obtained with a sample consumption <10 µL, and the concentration. detection limit for MeHg+ at 50 V/s was estimated to be ~0.56 µM. To demonstrate the applicability of this method to automatic analysis, repetitive fast-scan cyclic voltammetry was conducted in conjunction with multiple sample injections. Determination of MeHg+ in the presence of excess inorganic Hg was also conducted. This approach to MeHg+ determination was successfully applied to the analysis of elevated dogfish muscle samples.
Methylmercury ion Dogfish Fish Tissue Speciation Optimization Apparatus