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The Time Stability of Dissolved Mercury in Water Samples—I. Literature Review
Author(s) -
Jenne E. A.,
Avotins Peter
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of environmental quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1537-2537
pISSN - 0047-2425
DOI - 10.2134/jeq1975.00472425000400040001x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , environmental chemistry , preservative , chemistry , water chemistry , environmental science , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
Abstract Conflicts in the published findings of adequacy of various preservation treatments for water samples intended for mercury analysis are common and appear to result from variations in (i) biological effects; (ii) initial concentrations of mercury; (iii) types of containers used; (iv) properties of the water or laboratory solution (particularly, the dissolved organic and reduced metal cation content); (v) duration of experiments; (vi) concentration of preservative; (vii) analysis, whether conducted in the original storage container or aliquots taken to another vessel; and (viii) the definition of adequacy employed. Of these variables, the biological effects have been overlooked by most investigators.