Speciation Analysis of Mercury in Milk Powder using Ion Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Technique
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摘要:
对于乳粉的汞形态分析,由于基质的复杂性,有机汞非常容易与样品中蛋白质上的巯基结合,形成稳定的络合物,在前处理过程中须保证各形态提取完全且各形态之间不会发生相互转化,因此样品前处理是汞形态分析的难点;同时乳粉中汞含量极低,对方法检出限提出了更高的要求。本文通过优化样品前处理过程,建立了离子色谱-电感耦合等离子体质谱测定乳粉中三种汞形态(二价汞、甲基汞、乙基汞)的方法。实验采用多种复合酶(蛋白酶、脂肪酶、淀粉酶)对乳粉基质中的蛋白、脂肪、淀粉进行解离,采用L-半胱氨酸-盐酸-甲醇的混合溶液作为提取剂进行超声提取,样品过RP固相萃取小柱去除杂质后用C18色谱柱(5 μm,4.6 mm×150 mm)进行分离,流动相采用10 mmol/L乙酸铵-0.12% L-半胱氨酸-5%甲醇混合溶液进行淋洗,5 min内即可实现三种汞形态的基线分离。二价汞、甲基汞和乙基汞的加标回收率在79.9%~111.2%之间,检出限分别为0.5 μg/kg、0.6 μg/kg、0.9 μg/kg。实际样品分析表明,汞总量很低的乳粉,汞各形态的提取率也能达到70%以上,能够满足检测要求。本方法在样品前处理过程中采用酶解的方式解离复杂基体中的汞形态,提高了提取率至80%以上;仪器分析方面采用甲醇作为增敏剂,提高了检测灵敏度,适用于乳粉样品中痕量汞形态的检测。
Abstract:Sample pre-treatment difficulties arise during the analysis for mercury speciation in milk powder due to the complexity of the sample matrix. The organic mercury combines easily with sulfydryl of proteins in the matrix sample, to form a stable complex. Therefore it is very important to ensure that all forms are extracted completely and do not transform during the pre-treatment process. The method with a lower detection limit was necessary because the concentration of mercury was too low. For this purpose, the method for determination of mercury speciation (inorganic mercury, methylmercury, ethylmercury) in milk was established by ion chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with optimized pre-treatment conditions. Protein, fat, and starch in milk powder were dissociated using a variety of composite enzymes (protease, lipase and amylase). The sample was ultrasonically extracted using mixed solution of L-cysteine, hydrochloric acid with methanol and was further purified by RP solid phase column. Mercury speciation was separated by Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 column (5 μm, 4.6 mm×150 mm).The mobile phase contained 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate, 0.12% L-cysteine, and 5% (m:m) methanol solution. Three kinds of? mercury speciation were baseline separated within 5 min. The spiked recoveries of inorganic mercury, methylmercury and ethylmercury were obtained in the range of 79.9%-111.2%. The instrument detection limits were 0.5 μg/kg, 0.6 μg/kg and 0.9 μg/kg, respectively. The results obtained from actual? sample testing show that the extraction rate of total mercury can reach more than 70% in low concentration mercury milk powder, which meets the test requirements. The extraction rate can reach more than 80% because the composite enzyme was used in this method to dissociate mercury speciation from the complex matrix during sample pre-treatment processing. Methanol was applied as a sensitizer to improve detection sensitivity. A simple, rapid and reliable method was developed for the determination of mercury speciation in milk powder.
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表 1 ICP-MS仪器工作条件
Table 1. Working parameters of the ICP-MS instrument
工作参数 设定条件 工作参数 设定条件 功率 1500 W 采样深度 9.5 mm 载气(Ar)流量 0.60~1.20 L/min 采集质量数 202Hg 辅助气(Ar)
流量与载气流量的总和
保持在1.0~1.2
L/min之间矩管 石英一体化,
2.5 mm中心通道进样管内径 < 0.2 mm 灵敏度 > 300 Mcps/(μg/g) 采样锥 铂锥 积分时间 0.5 s 表 2 不同提取液对汞形态的回收率
Table 2. The recovery rate of Hg speciation by different extraction systems
汞形态 回收率(%) 体系①:0.12% L-半胱氨酸溶液+0.1%盐酸+0.1%硫代硫酸钠溶液+5%甲醇 体系②:0.12% L-半胱氨酸溶液+0.1 mol/L盐酸+5%甲醇 体系③:50 mmol/L氢氧化钠碱性溶液+5%甲醇 二价汞 12.1 98.5 55.3 甲基汞 100.4 102.3 44.9 乙基汞 97.6 80.6 39.4 表 3 线性方程、线性范围和仪器检出限
Table 3. Linear equations, linear range and the detection limit of the instrument
汞形态 线性方程 相关系数
(r2)线性范围
(μg/L)仪器检出限
(μg/L)二价汞 y =20512x-1268.7 1.0000 0.5~20.0 0.01 甲基汞 y =14778x-586.9 0.9998 0.5~20.0 0.012 乙基汞 y =13671x-258.4 0.9993 0.5~20.0 0.018 表 4 方法加标回收率和精密度
Table 4. Recovery and precision tests of the method
物质名称 加标溶液1
(2 μg/L)加标溶液2
(10 μg/L)加标溶液3
(20 μg/L)平均
回收率
(%)RSD
(%)平均
回收率
(%)RSD
(%)平均
回收率
(%)RSD
(%)二价汞 105.6 2.1 91.6 3.1 95.2 2.1 甲基汞 95.6 1.7 97.5 2.2 111.2 2.0 乙基汞 79.9 2.8 84.7 3.2 87.3 3.2 表 5 乳粉中汞的形态分析
Table 5. Analytical results of mercury speciation in milk powder
样品名称 测汞仪测定的
总汞含量
(mg/kg)汞形态的测定值(mg/kg) 汞形态的
提取率
(%)二价汞 甲基汞
(以汞计)乙基汞
(以汞计)乳粉1 0.352 0.317 0.028 未检出 98.0 乳粉2 0.152 0.132 0.015 未检出 96.7 乳粉3 0.036 0.034 未检出 未检出 94.4 乳粉4 0.019 0.011 0.003 未检出 73.6 乳粉5 0.025 0.021 未检出 未检出 84.0 鱼肉标准物质
(GBW 10029)0.86
(标准值0.85)未检出 0.85
(标准值0.84)未检出 98.8 -
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