Mercury Methods & Resources
Methods & Guidance
Appendix to EPA Method 1631
Total Mercury in Tissue, Sludge, Sediment, and Soil by Acid Digestion and BrCl Oxidation, EPA 821-R-01-013
ASTM D6350 – 14
This test method can be used to determine the total mercury concentration of a natural gas stream to assess compliance with environmental regulations, predict possible damage to gas plant equipment, and monitor the efficiency of mercury removal beds.
EPA Method 1630
Methyl Mercury in Water by Distillation, Aqueous Ethylation, Purge and Trap, and CVAFS, EPA 821-R-01-020
EPA Method 1631 Revision E
Mercury in Water by Oxidation, Purge and Trap, and Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry, EPA 821-R-02-019
EPA Method 245.5
Mercury In Sediment (Manual Cold Vapor Technique)
EPA Method 1669
Sampling Ambient Water for Trace Metals at EPA Water Quality Criteria Levels, EPA 821-R-96-011
EPA Method 245.2
Mercury (Automated Cold Vapor Technique)
EPA Method 245.1
Determination of Mercury in Water by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Guidance for Implementation and Use of EPA Method 1631
For the Determination of Low Level Mercury (40 CFR part 136), EPA 821-R-01-023
EPA Method 3200
Mercury Species Fractionation and Quantification by Microwave Assisted Extraction, Selective Solvent Extraction and/or Solid Phase Extraction
EPA Method IO-5
Sampling and Analysis for Atmospheric Mercury
EPA Method 245.7
Mercury in Water by Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry
USGS Method 5 A-7
Methods for the Preparation and Analysis of Solids and Suspended Solids for Methylmercury
Publications & Literature
2015 Brooks Rand Instruments Interlaboratory Comparison Study
2015 Brooks Rand Instruments Interlaboratory Comparison Study for Total Mercury and Methylmercury (Intercomp 2015)
ILC 2011 Report
Results and statistical distributions from the 2011 study
ILC 2012 Report
Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2012 study
ILC 2013 Report
Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2013 study
ILC 2014 Report
Results, statistical distributions, and method data from the 2014 study.
Rothenberg et al 2014
A review paper investigating methylmercury levels in rice, management practices to mitigate this problem, and potential health risks
Taylor et al 2011
Several methods for mercury speciation analysis using the MERX®-M, a capillary GC system, and an ICP-MS