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Passive air sampling of gaseous elemental mercury: a critical review
David S. McLagan
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maxwell E. E. Mazur
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Carl P. J. Mitchell
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences,
University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Short summary
For more than 20 years, scientists and engineers have tried to design simple sampling devices that can collect gaseous elemental mercury from the atmosphere without the use of a pump. A thorough review of the sampler designs that have been presented so far suggests that while some may be suitable for measuring higher air concentrations close to sources, none of them have the accuracy and precision required to record the low atmospheric mercury concentrations prevalent in background regions.
For more than 20 years, scientists and engineers have tried to design simple sampling devices...
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