Hair samples from Colombia for Mercury Analysis

Digestion method : 0.8 mL of HNO3 concentrated + 0.2 mL H2O2 30% under heating for 3 h.
The volume is elevated to 10 mL with water.
Method of Analysis: ICP‐MS SQ‐KED
QC batch : TM0139M
Calibration loogbook: ICP‐MS‐CAL 106
Date of analysis 5/3/2019

Sample ID Client Descriptor weight 202Hg Final Concentrations

(mg) (ng/mL) (mg/kg)
Q0983M BLK 0.18
H0888 M1 42.1 25.14 5.97
H0889 M2 37.4 2.42 0.65
H0890 M3 34.8 0.79 0.23
H0891 M4 34.1 2.59 0.76
H0892 M5 19.6 0.91 0.47
H0893 M6 54.6 2.79 0.51
H0894 M7 72.3 2.40 0.33
H0895 M8 12.8 0.45 0.36
H0896 M9 40.1 0.34 0.08
H0897 M10 11.4 0.36 0.32
H0898 M11 30.9 2.08 0.67
H0899 M12 20.3 2.59 1.28
H0900 M13 26.5 2.92 1.10
H0901 M14 10.5 1.17 1.11
H0902 M15 34 1.34 0.39
H0903 M16 11.4 0.77 0.68
H0904 M17 41.8 3.40 0.81
H0905 M18 15.6 0.48 0.31
H0906 M19 20.6 3.15 1.53
H0907 M20 36.1 1.44 0.40
H0908 M21 19.5 1.41 0.72
H0909 M22 25.8 1.02 0.39
H0910 M23 20.1 0.70 0.35
H0911 M24 22.1 3.82 1.73
H0912 M25 40 1.48 0.37
H0913 M26 28.3 1.01 0.36
H0914 M27 40.8 1.35 0.33
H0915 M28 33.6 2.72 0.81
H0916 M29 11.4 1.47 1.29
H0917 M30 10.3 3.64 3.54
ERM certified Hair 29.4 0.99 0.34

ERM certified range: 0.34‐0.40 mg/kg Recovery (%)

Calibration range: 0.2 ‐ 50 ppb R2=0.999 ICVS 102
Method Detection Limit (mg/kg): 0.01‐0.08 CCV 107‐110
ICVS=initial calibration verification
CCV=calibration curve verification