Main Title |
Monitoring mercury vapor near pollution sites / |
Author |
Jepsen, Anders F., ;
Langan, Lee.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Environmental Measurements, Inc. |
Publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Monitoring, |
Year Published |
1971 |
Report Number |
EPA16020-GLY-05/71; W7214714 |
OCLC Number |
00515606 |
Subjects |
Air sampling apparatus ;
Spectrophotometer ;
Mercury--Analysis
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Additional Subjects |
Air sampling apparatus ;
Spectrophotometer ;
Mercury--Analysis
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
TD890.E58 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
02/28/2007 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 16020-GLY-05-71 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
11/09/2023 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 16020-GLY-05-71 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
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Collation |
ix, 66 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm |
Notes |
"May 1971." "Research conducted by Environmental Measurements, Inc., San Francisco, CA." Sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66). |
Contents Notes |
Field and laboratory measurements were made to demonstrate that mercury vapor in the air near mercury-polluted water or sediment can be detected using an extremely sensitive detector, the Barringer Airborne Mercury Spectrometer. Areas were visited where the presence of mercury was known from fish, water, or sediment analyses; anomalous mercury levels ranging from 50 to more than 20,000 nanograms per cubic meter were detected. Anomalous concentrations of atomic mercury vapor in air may be classified as natural or man-made. Laboratory studies demonstrated that the mercury spectrometer is sensitive only to atomic mercury. By means of pyrolysis or combustion, organic compounds could be detected. To detect mercury pollution in water, pyrolysis appears necessary to convert combined mercury to the atomic state for measurement by rapid spectrophotometric techniques. |
Place Published |
Washington, DC |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
Environmental Measurements, Inc.; United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Monitoring. |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Water pollution control research series. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1972 |
Series Title Traced |
Water pollution control research series |
Series Title Untraced |
Water pollution control research series |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
72601946 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20180209071456 |
Language |
eng |
SUDOCS Number |
EP 1.16:16020 GLY 05/71; EP 1.16:16020GLY05/71 |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03015cam 2200577 a 45010 |