Determination of Total Mercury in Ambient Air using Amalgamation with Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

Environmental laboratory

Determination of Total Mercury in Ambient Air using Amalgamation with Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry

02 Dec, 2009

Published over 16 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Environmental laboratory.

Dr Warren T Corns & Professor Peter Stockwell & Dr Richard Brown & Dr Andrew Brown
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Accurate air quality measurements for total gaseous mercury (TGM) are required to monitor the exposure of the general population, assess legislative compliance

limits and to provide information to the general public. Mercury is recognised as an important pollutant because of its detrimental effects on human health. Coal-burning power

plants are the largest anthropogenic source of mercury emissions to the air.

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