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Abstract A method has been developed for determining 1 μg of mercury in 100 ml of aqueous acid solution with a precision of ± 0.25 μg. In the method, the mercury is adsorbed by anion resinloaded paper and determined by X-ray emission spectroscopy. The method gave 75—125% recoveries of 1 μg of mercury from acid solutions containing 10 g of sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, iron oxide, magnesium carbonate, and calcium carbonate, and satisfactory recoveries from the HCl extract of carbon, barium sulfate, chromic oxide, bentonite, kaolin, talc, titanium dioxide, and magnesium stearate. Substantial changes in flow rate or acid concentration seem to have little effect on mercury absorption from HC1 solution. Mercury in zinc oxide or bismuth oxychloride cannot be determined by this technique.

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