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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2021, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (1): 68-72.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2021.01.012

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Rapid detection of mercury in cosmetics by portable X-rayfluorescence spectrometer

LIANG Jian-feng(),LI Ya(),LIANG Yan-ni,ZHUO Mei-fang,YANG Shao-ping   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Resource Recycling, Wuzhou University, Wuzhou, Guangxi 543002, China
  • Received:2020-03-04 Revised:2020-12-25 Online:2021-01-22 Published:2021-01-20
  • Contact: Ya LI E-mail:ljf117117@163.com;123906970@qq.com

Abstract:

This paper established a method using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to rapidly detect of mercury content in cosmetics. The instrument parameters of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer were optimized by preparing cosmetics reference materials with different contents of mercury: soil analysis mode, main range time 150 s, low range time 5 s, light range time 5 s, standard deviation 1 σ, thickness was not corrected. After verification of the method, three kinds of blank cosmetics, solid matrix, paste and emulsion were used to examine the matrix. The results show that the detection limit is 1.0 mg/kg, sensitivity is more than 95%, specificity is more than 85%, false negative is less than 5%, and false positive is less than 15%. In the detection process of 104 batches of actual samples, the relative error is 5.93%-14.58% compared with the results of national standard method. The method is fast and simple, and can be used for quick detection of mercury content in cosmetics in the emergency incident of cosmetic mercury exceeding the standard and in the daily supervision and sampling of cosmetics.

Key words: portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, cosmetics, mercury, rapid detection, element analysis

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658