The use of sorbent tubes and a semi-continuous emissions monitor for the determination of atmospheric total gaseous mercury in Pretoria, South Africa

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 12 A, 2010, Pages 3007-3012

  Trüe, Andreas ^a   Forbes, Patricia ^a,b   Panichev, Nickolay ^c   Okonkwo, Jonathan ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; CVAAS; Developing countries; Hopcalite; Mercury; SCEM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; REAL TIME;

EID: 79952592823     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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