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  • BS EN 15852:2010

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    Ambient air quality. Standard method for the determination of total gaseous mercury

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-06-2010

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
    5 Principle
    6 Requirements
    7 Reagents
    8 Apparatus
    9 Sampling considerations
    10 Measurement procedure
    11 Quality control
    12 Calculation of results
    13 Estimation of the measurement uncertainty
       method and performance criteria
    14 Performance characteristics determined in
       field tests
    15 Interferences
    16 Reporting of results
    Annex A (informative) - Sampling sites
    Annex B (informative) - Manual method TGM
    Annex C (informative) - Summary of field validation tests
    Annex D (informative) - Characteristics of the mercury
            vapour source
    Annex E (informative) - Calibration
    Annex F (informative) - Assessment against target
              uncertainty by an individual laboratory
    Annex G (informative) - Relationship between this
            European Standard and the Essential
            Requirements of EU Directives
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Describes a standard method for determining total gaseous mercury (TGM) in ambient air using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS), or cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS).

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    Committee EH/2/3
    Development Note Supersedes 08/30175672 DC. (06/2010)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 14956:2002 Air quality Evaluation of the suitability of a measurement procedure by comparison with a required measurement uncertainty
    ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 International vocabulary of metrology Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM)
    EN ISO 20988:2007 Air quality - Guidelines for estimating measurement uncertainty (ISO 20988:2007)
    ISO 8573-1:2010 Compressed air Part 1: Contaminants and purity classes
    EN ISO 14956 : 2002 AIR QUALITY - EVALUATION OF THE SUITABILITY OF A MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE BY COMPARISON WITH A REQUIRED MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY
    EN 14884:2005 Air quality - Stationary source emissions - Determination of total mercury: automated measuring systems
    ISO 5725-2:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method
    ENV 13005 : DRAFT 1999 GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENT
    ISO 20988:2007 Air quality Guidelines for estimating measurement uncertainty
    ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)
    CR 14377:2002 Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air reference measurement methods
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