Atmosphere 2011, 2(1), 1-20; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos2010001
Comparison of Particulate Mercury Measured with Manual and Automated Methods
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Climate Change Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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Department of Earth Science, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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Received: 2 December 2010 / Revised: 30 December 2010 / Accepted: 15 January 2011 / Published: 20 January 2011
Abstract
A study was conducted to compare measuring particulate mercury (HgP) with the manual filter method and the automated Tekran system. Simultaneous measurements were conducted with the Tekran and Teflon filter methodologies in the marine and coastal continental atmospheres. Overall, the filter HgP values were on the average 21% higher than the Tekran HgP, and >85% of the data were outside of ±25% region surrounding the 1:1 line. In some cases the filter values were as much as 3-fold greater, with View Full-TextKeywords:
mercury; particulate; filter; Tekran 1135
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Talbot, R.; Mao, H.; Feddersen, D.; Smith, M.; Kim, S.Y.; Sive, B.; Haase, K.; Ambrose, J.; Zhou, Y.; Russo, R. Comparison of Particulate Mercury Measured with Manual and Automated Methods. Atmosphere 2011, 2, 1-20.
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