A simplified spectrophotometric procedure for the detection of mercury ions

Abstract

The recent brief work presents the results of attempts to simplify a procedure to detect dissolved Hg(II) compounds. It is based on the performance of a procedure, after the simplification of the prescription given in literature. The simplification was performed, to avoid the use of volatile organic compounds (VOC), such as the proposed in literature isoamyl alcohol. The present study aims to verify a simplified procedure, which does not require the use of mentioned VOC and detergents, like sodium dodecyl sulfate.