Evaluation of the KCl denuder method for gaseous oxidized mercury using HgBr2 at an in-service AMNet site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11437-11444

  McClure, Crystal D ^a   Jaffe, Dan A ^a,b   Edgerton, Eric S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MERCURY (METAL); OZONE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; AMBIENT AIR; CALIBRATION SYSTEM; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURIES; INVERSE CORRELATION; LABORATORY TEST; MERCURY SPECIATIONS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

GASEOUS OXIDIZED MERCURY; MERCURY; OZONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMIDE; GAS; MERCURIC BROMIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BROMINE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMIDES; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; MERCURY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERMEABILITY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEASONS;

EID: 84907937811     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502545k     Document Type: Article

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