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RECORD NUMBER: 40 OF 175Main Title | Development and Evaluation of an Analytical Method for the Determination of Total Atmospheric Mercury. | |||||||||||
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Author | Chas, D. L. ; Sgont, D. L. ; Blosse, E. R. ; Henr, W. M. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Battelle Columbus Labs., Ohio. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-EHSD-71-32; 1174; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-210 822 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | ( Mercury ; Gas detectors) ; ( Air pollution ; Mercury) ; Gas sampling ; gas analysis ; Pyrolysis ; Particles ; Errors ; Iodine halides ; Chlorides ; Mercury amalgams ; Silver alloys ; Air pollution detection ; Iodine chlorides | |||||||||||
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Collation | 73p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Total mercury in ambient air can be collected in iodine monochloride, but the subsequent analysis is relatively complex and tedious, and contamination from reagents and containers is a problem. A silver wool collector, preceded by a catalytic pyrolysis furnace, gives good recovery of mercury and simplifies the analytical step. An instrumental method based on particle counting proved unreliable, but another instrument using the 253.7 nm Hg optical absorption line proved to be quite accurate for the determination of elemental mercury in air. (Author) |