INTRODUCTION

Analysis of soils, bottom and overburden sediments, rocks and ores for mercury content is one of the most common measurements in environmental pollution monitoring and geochemical exploration. Lumex Instruments proposes a rapid and precise method for direct mercury determination using RA-915 series analyzers based on atomic absorption spectroscopy with Zeeman correction of the background absorption (ZAAS). The thermoscanning option enables the identification of mercury species with varying binding energies to a sample matrix providing additional information in comparison to the total mercury determination.