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Mercury Methods & Resources

Methods & Guidance

Appendix to EPA Method 1631

Total Mercury in Tissue, Sludge, Sediment, and Soil by Acid Digestion and BrCl Oxidation, EPA 821-R-01-013

ASTM D6350 – 14

This test method can be used to determine the total mercury concentration of a natural gas stream to assess compliance with environmental regulations, predict possible damage to gas plant equipment, and monitor the efficiency of mercury removal beds.

EPA Method 1630

Methyl Mercury in Water by Distillation, Aqueous Ethylation, Purge and Trap, and CVAFS, EPA 821-R-01-020

EPA Method 1631 Revision E

Mercury in Water by Oxidation, Purge and Trap, and Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry, EPA 821-R-02-019

EPA Method 245.5

Mercury In Sediment (Manual Cold Vapor Technique)

EPA Method 1669

Sampling Ambient Water for Trace Metals at EPA Water Quality Criteria Levels, EPA 821-R-96-011

EPA Method 245.2

Mercury (Automated Cold Vapor Technique)

EPA Method 245.1

Determination of Mercury in Water by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Guidance for Implementation and Use of EPA Method 1631

For the Determination of Low Level Mercury (40 CFR part 136), EPA 821-R-01-023

EPA Method 3200

Mercury Species Fractionation and Quantification by Microwave Assisted Extraction, Selective Solvent Extraction and/or Solid Phase Extraction

EPA Method IO-5

Sampling and Analysis for Atmospheric Mercury

EPA Method 245.7

Mercury in Water by Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

USGS Method 5 A-7

Methods for the Preparation and Analysis of Solids and Suspended Solids for Methylmercury

Publications & Literature

2015 Brooks Rand Instruments Interlaboratory Comparison Study

2015 Brooks Rand Instruments Interlaboratory Comparison Study for Total Mercury and Methylmercury (Intercomp 2015)

ILC 2011 Report

Results and statistical distributions from the 2011 study

ILC 2012 Report

Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2012 study

ILC 2013 Report

Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2013 study

ILC 2014 Report

Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2014 study.

Rothenberg et al 2014

A review paper investigating methylmercury levels in rice, management practices to mitigate this problem, and potential health risks

Taylor et al 2011

Several methods for mercury speciation analysis using the MERX®-M, a capillary GC system, and an ICP-MS

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