A practical uncertainty budget for ambient mercury vapour measurement

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2504-2517

  Brown, Richard J C ^a   Brown, Andrew S ^a   Yardley, Rachel E ^a   Corns, Warren T ^b   Stockwell, Peter B ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PS Analytical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy; Chemical metrology; Mercury vapour; Uncertainty budget

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COATED MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SILICA; VAPORS;

AMBIENT AIR; CHEMICAL METROLOGY; MERCURY VAPOR; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET;

MERCURY (METAL);

GOLD; MERCURY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 40249093038     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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