The invention relates to a method for detecting mercury content in polymeric materials. The method comprises the following steps: a sample is pre-treated at first, namely, (1), taking a polymeric material sample to be detected, adding sufficient or excessive concentrated
sulfuric acid, heating until sulphuric acid
smoke is generated, so as to dispelling and carbonizing the sample; (2), adding sufficient or excessive concentrated
sulfuric acid into the sample processed in the step (1) until carbides disappear and the solution is clear, so as to obtain a solution containing mercury
sulfate; (3), heating till boiling, keeping reaction until the mercury
sulfate is totally converted into mercuric
chloride, and cooling to obtain a sample solution to be detected; then, a
detector is adopted to detect the mercury
sulfate in the sample solution to be detected. According to the invention, through the adoption of the method, the adsorption and volatile loss of mercury can be avoided, the precision of the detecting result is high,
batch operation is realized, and reaction phenomena can be observed, and the experimental cost is low.