ACPD Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions ACPD Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 1680-7375 Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/acp-2016-528 Development and Testing of a Passive Sampler for Measurement of Gaseous Mercury Wängberg Ingvar 1 Hageström Ulla 1 Sommar Jonas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-440X 2 Ferm Martin 1 IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, 41133, Sweden Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (IGAS), 99 Lincheng West Road, Guanshanhu District, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550081, P.R.China 20 06 2016 2016 1 9 Copyright: © 2016 Ingvar Wängberg et al. 2016 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2016-528/ The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2016-528/acp-2016-528.pdf

A passive sampler for measurement of gaseous mercury has been developed and tested in laboratory experiments. The sampler has also been compared to active measurement during field campaigns at ambient background concentrations of mercury as well as at slightly elevated concentrations. The result compares favourably with Tekran measurements and show that the sampler can be used for monitoring low background concentrations of mercury as well as elevated concentrations. It is also suitable as a personal dosimeter in occupational health measurements. The present work was performed as a subtask within the EU funded project, Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS).