Direct determination of mercury at the sub-picogram per gram level in polar snow and ice by ICP-SFMS

• Published in: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
• Main Authors: Planchon, F.A.M., Gabrielli, P., Gauchard, P.A., Dommergue, A., Barbante, C., Cairns, W.R.L., Cozzi, G., Nagorski, S.A., Ferrari, C.P., Boutron, C.F., Capodaglio, G., Cescon, P., Varga, A., Wolff, E.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2004
• Subjects: Glaciology; Chemistry; Atmospheric Sciences; Arctic; Coats Land; Norway; Svalbard; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12344/

An analytical method for the direct determination of mercury (Hg) in polar snow and ice cores and surface snow based on inductively coupled plasma sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) has been developed. Various Hg isotopes, such as Hg-199, Hg-200, Hg-201 and Hg-202, appear to be free of polyat...