Standardisation of a European measurement method for the determination of mercury in deposition: Results of the field trial campaign and determination of a measurement uncertainty and working range

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 359-366

  Brown, Richard James Christopher ^a   Pirrone, N ^b   van Hoek, C ^c   Horvat, M ^d   Kotnik, J ^d   Wangberg, I ^e   Corns, W T ^f   Bieber, E ^g   Sprovieri, F ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^c NEN   (Netherlands)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^e IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f PS Analytical   (United Kingdom)

^g UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air quality; Deposition; Field trial; Mercury; Standardisation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953082983     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-010-0636-2     Document Type: Article

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