ABSTRACT
The sample introduction system of a cool vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometer made domestically was modified for taking the mercury vapor which was pre-concentrated in a capture mercury gold cartridge as gold amalgam generated on-line by pyrolyzing atmospheric particulate collected from an air conditioner. The temperatures that applied) to sample pyrolyzer to generate elemental mercury and capture mercury gold cartridge to release mercury from amalgam were 700-750 ℃ and 550 ℃, respectively. The carrier Ar flow rate was 120 mL/min. The method detection limit was 1 pg, mercury content showed a linear relationship in 0-1.5 ng), and RSD was 2.2%. The method was validated by determining mercury in the national soil standards) GBW07410. The method was Applied to determine the mercury content in the atmospheric particulate from a hospital air conditioner.