Continuous emission monitoring of metal aerosol concentrations in atmospheric air

被引:35
作者
Gomes, AM
Sarrette, JP
Madon, L
Almi, A
机构
[1] Ctr. Phys. Plasmas Applic. Toulouse, ESA 5002, Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse Cedex
关键词
atomic emission spectrometry; air inductively coupled plasma; continuous emission monitoring; metals;
D O I
10.1016/S0584-8547(96)01546-7
中图分类号
O433 [光谱学];
学科分类号
0703 ; 070302 ;
摘要
improvements of an apparatus for continuous emission monitoring (GEM) by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) of metal aerosols in air are described. The method simultaneously offers low operating costs, large volume of tested air for valuable sampling and avoids supplementary contamination or keeping of the air pollutant concentrations. Questions related to detection and calibration are discussed. The detection limits (DL) obtained for the eight pollutants studied are lower than the recommended threshold limit values (TLV) and as satisfactory as the results obtained with other CEM methods involving air-argon plasmas.
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页码:1695 / 1705
页数:11
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