Screening for Mercury in Aqueous Environmental Samples and Urine Samples Using Thin Layer Chromatography

• Published in: Water environment research Vol. 79; no. 12; pp. 2457 - 2463
• Main Authors: Agarwal, Rakhi, Behari, Jai Raj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, VA Water Environment Federation 01.11.2007; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Applied sciences; aqueous samples; Aqueous solutions; Arsenic; Benzene; Cadmium; Chemicals; Chromatography; Chromatography, Thin Layer - methods; Copper; dithizone; Dithizone - analysis; Dithizone - chemistry; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Exact sciences and technology; General purification processes; Heavy metals; Human subjects; Humans; Hydrochloric acid; Industrial effluents; Industrial wastewater; Lead; Mass spectrometry; Mercury; Mercury - analysis; Mercury - chemistry; Mercury - urine; Mercury Compounds - analysis; Mercury Compounds - chemistry; Mercury Compounds - urine; Metals - analysis; Metals - chemistry; Molecular Structure; Nickel; Pollution; Protons; Reproducibility of Results; Research methodology; Research Note; Scholarships & fellowships; Silica; Solvents; Thin layer chromatography; Urine; urine sample; Wastewaters; Water - analysis; Water - chemistry; Water samples; Water treatment and pollution; Zinc; Human; Urine; Thin layer chromatography; Complexation; Arsenic; Instruments; Industrial waste water; Silica gel; Mercury; Optimization; Operating conditions; Heavy metal

A method for screening based on thin layer chromatography (TLC) comprising silica gel 'G' as a stationary phase and benzene as a mobile phase was found to be most suitable for the detection of mercury in aqueous samples and spiked human urine, without digesting the samples. A broad range f...