Extraction and Quantification of Nanoparticulate Mercury in Natural Soils | |
Weiping Cai; Yujun Wang; Yu Feng; Peng Liu; Shuofei Dong; Bo Meng![]() | |
2022 | |
Source Publication | Environmental Science & Technology
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Volume | 56Issue:3Pages:1763–1770 |
Abstract | Nanoparticulate mercury (Hg-NPs) are ubiquitous in nature. However, the lack of data on their concentration in soils impedes reliable risk assessments. This is due to the analytical difficulties resulting from low ambient Hg concentrations and background interferences of heterogeneous soil components. Here, coupled to single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (spICP-MS), a standardized protocol was developed for extraction and quantification of Hg-NPs in natural soils with a wide range of properties. High particle number-, particle mass-, and total mass-based recoveries were obtained for spiked HgS-NPs (74−120%). Indigenous Hg-NPs across soils were within 107 −1011 NPs g−1 , corresponding to 3−40% of total Hg on a mass basis. Metacinnabar was the primary Hg species in extracted samples from the Wanshan mercury mining site, as characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. In agreement with the spICP-MS analysis, electron microscopy revealed comparable size distribution for nanoparticles larger than 27 nm. These indigenous Hg-NPs contributed to 5−65% of the measured methylmercury in soils. This work paves the way for experimental determinations of indigenous Hg-NPs in natural soils, which is critical to understand the biogeochemical cycling of mercury and thereby the methylation processes governing the public exposure to methylmercury. |
Keyword | Mercury nanoparticles particle Number Soils extraction |
DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.1c07039 |
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Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/13586 |
Collection | 环境地球化学国家重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China 2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3.School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China 4.Agilent Technologies Co., Ltd (China), Beijing 100102, China 5.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Weiping Cai,Yujun Wang,Yu Feng,et al. Extraction and Quantification of Nanoparticulate Mercury in Natural Soils[J]. Environmental Science & Technology,2022,56(3):1763–1770. |
APA | Weiping Cai.,Yujun Wang.,Yu Feng.,Peng Liu.,Shuofei Dong.,...&Fei Dang.(2022).Extraction and Quantification of Nanoparticulate Mercury in Natural Soils.Environmental Science & Technology,56(3),1763–1770. |
MLA | Weiping Cai,et al."Extraction and Quantification of Nanoparticulate Mercury in Natural Soils".Environmental Science & Technology 56.3(2022):1763–1770. |
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