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Determination of Mercury in Environmental Samples by Using Water Exchangeable Liquid-Liquid Microextraction as Green Extraction Method Couple with Cold Vapor Technique

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This is a green method for determination of mercury ion (Hg2+) in environmental samples. The method of exchangeable water based on liquid-liquid microextraction (EW-LLME) was first time introduced as a green analytical separation technique. Exchangeable water was made by the reaction of carbon dioxide with diethylenetriamine. The exchanging phenomena from low polarity to high polarity were confirmed by Fourier transforms infrared spectrometry. The complex formation between Hg2+ and 1, 5-diphenylcarbazone was achieved under the optimized experimental conditions. The enrichment factor and limits of detection of the present method were obtained to be 45.2 and 0.5 ng L−1, respectively. The accuracy of the present method was confirmed with certified reference materials. The EW-LLME was successfully applied for determination of Hg2+ in solid matrices of block-III and V of Thar coalfield.

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Jamshed Ali is grateful to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK-BIDEB 2216 Research Fellowship Programme for International Researchers for providing financial support. The authors also would like to thank to Gaziosmanpasa, University. Dr. Mustafa Tuzen thanks theTurkish Academy of Sciences for financial support.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Gaziosmanpaşa University, 60250, Tokat, Turkey

    Jamshed Ali & Mustafa Tuzen

  2. National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, 76080, Pakistan

    Jamshed Ali & Tasneem G. Kazi

  3. Research Institute, Center for Environment and Water, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

    Mustafa Tuzen

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Ali, J., Tuzen, M. & Kazi, T.G. Determination of Mercury in Environmental Samples by Using Water Exchangeable Liquid-Liquid Microextraction as Green Extraction Method Couple with Cold Vapor Technique. Water Air Soil Pollut 227, 170 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-016-2863-6

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