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  • BS EN 14902:2005

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    Ambient air quality. Standard method for the measurement of Pb, Cd, AS, and Ni in the PM 10 fraction of suspended particulate matter

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-04-2007

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
    4 Principle
    5 Requirements
    6 Reagents and gases
    7 Apparatus
    8 Sampling
    9 Analysis
    10 Quality control
    11 Calculation of results
    12 Estimation of the measurement uncertainty of the method
    13 Performance characteristics determined in field tests
    14 Reporting of results
    Annex A (informative) Examples of closed vessel microwave
            digestion procedures
    Annex B (informative) Typical laboratory filter blank values
            as determined in the field validation tests
    Annex C (informative) Analytical interferences
    Annex D (informative) Approach to uncertainty estimation used
            in the field validation tests
    Annex E (normative) List of minimum QA/QC procedures
    Annex F (informative) Procedure for the determination of the
            uncertainty of the method for an individual laboratory
    Annex ZA (informative) Relationship with EU Directives
    Bibliography

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    Describes a method for the determination of particulate lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and nickel (Ni) in ambient air that can be used in the framework of the European Council Directive on Ambient Air Quality Assessment and Management and the 1st and 4th Daughter Directives.

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    Committee EH/2/3
    Development Note Supersedes 04/19981537 DC. (10/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2009. (11/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    ISO 5725-4:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results Part 4: Basic methods for the determination of the trueness of a standard measurement method
    DIN 32645:2008-11 CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - DECISION LIMIT, DETECTION LIMIT AND DETERMINATION LIMIT UNDER REPEATABILITY CONDITIONS - TERMS, METHODS, EVALUATION
    ENV 13005 : DRAFT 1999 GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT
    ISO 6955:1982 Analytical spectroscopic methods Flame emission, atomic absorption, and atomic fluorescence Vocabulary
    CR 14377:2002 Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air reference measurement methods
    EN 12341:2014 Ambient air - Standard gravimetric measurement method for the determination of the PM10 or PM2,5 mass concentration of suspended particulate matter
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