High-performance liquid chromatography of metal chelates: Environmental and industrial trace metal control

Abstract The methodological aspects of the use of HPLC in determination of metals in the form of their chelates are discussed. Rational schemes for the analysis of complex environmental and industrial samples are presented, including choice of chelating reagent, chelate preparation, metal concentration, separation method and detection method. Examples of the application of HPLC of metal chelates to environmental, production and quality control are presented.