Total Mercury Determination in Petroleum Green Coke and Oily Sludge Samples by Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

AUTOR(ES)

Camera, Adriana S., Maranhão, Tatiane A., Oliveira, Fernando J. S., Silva, Jessee S. A., Frescura, Vera L. A.

FONTE

J. Braz. Chem. Soc.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-10

RESUMO

A fast, simple and reliable method for Hg determination in green coke and oily sludge samples by atomic fluorescence spectrometry is described. Microwave digestion and extraction procedures were evaluated for highly complex samples of coke and oily sludge. The concentrations of SnCl2 and HCl to promote Hg vapor, were optimized, as well as the concentration of KMnO4, to stabilize the Hg2+ before the atomic vapor formation. Accuracy of the method was evaluated through certified reference material, for green coke, and comparison with cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry (CV AAS), for oily sludge. Recovery tests were also performed. Limits of detection and quantification were 0.8 and 2.6 µg kg−1, respectively. Ten green coke and nine sludge samples were analysed and Hg concentrations in coke are very low, between 0.005 and 0.065 mg kg−1, but oily sludge samples have high concentrations, ranging from 42.5 to 376.6 mg kg−1, requiring careful management.

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