A novel automatic method for the measurement of mercury vapour in ambient air, and comparison of uncertainty with established semi-automatic and manual methods

Analytical Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 954-966

  Brown, Andrew S ^a   Brown, Richard J C ^a   Dexter, Matthew A ^b   Corns, Warren T ^b   Stockwell, Peter B ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PS Analytical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; AUTOMATIC METHOD; AUTOMATIC SAMPLING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GENERAL PUBLICS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MANUAL CALIBRATION; MANUAL INTERVENTION; MANUAL METHODS; MASS CONCENTRATION; MERCURY VAPOUR; MONITORING SITES; QUALITY LIFE; ROBUST MEASUREMENT; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET;

CALIBRATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENTS; MERCURY (METAL);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954898275     PISSN: 17599660     EISSN: 17599679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0ay00058b     Document Type: Article

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