A PRACTICAL COMPARISON WHEN DETERMINING MERCURY FOR CV-AFS AND ICP-MS

P S Analytical employs atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS) which offers many advantages over other techniques for the determination of mercury and the hydride forming elements including better sensitivity, selectivity and linearity.

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Of course ICP-MS is held up as the gold standard for many routine inorganic analyses and the technique is well established and accepted as such.

In the determination of Hg, however, there are some difficulties that are posed when using ICP-MS and the use of the stand-alone dedicated Hg analyser is often preferred.

Some of the issues when using ICP-MS for this analyte include;

So given these above difficulties it is not surprising that many users prefer to use a stand-alone dedicated Hg analyser

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The Millennium Merlin employees CV-AFS. The system does not suffer from long wash out times, can handle high TDS with ease and is more sensitive than the ICP-MS. These facts, together with its renowned robustness, ease of use and affordability make the Millennium Merlin the ideal choice for mercury determinations.

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