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AS/NZS 3580.16:2014
[Current]The objective of this Standard is to provide regulatory and testing bodies with a standard method for the determination of PAH in ambient air.
Published: 23/04/2014
Pages: 26
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Referenced documents
3 Definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
5.1 High volume sampler
5.2 Flow rate calibration unit
5.3 Filters
5.4 Polyurethane foam
5.5 XAD-2 resin
5.6 Sample cartridge and stainless steel screen
5.7 Sample containers
5.8 Light-table
5.9 Reference barometer
5.10 Reference thermometer
6 Reagents
6.1 General
6.2 Acetone
6.3 Compressed gases
6.4 Cyclohexane
6.5 Dichloromethane
6.6 Diethyl ether
6.7 Extraction efficiency standards
6.8 n-Hexane
6.9 Internal standards
6.10 Pentane
6.11 Silica gel
6.12 Sodium sulfate
6.13 Toluene
7 Calibration
7.1 General
7.2 Flow calibration
7.3 Pressure transducer checks and calibration
7.4 Temperature sensor check and calibration
8 Procedure
8.1 Filter and sampling cartridge preparation
8.2 Instrument siting
8.3 Setting the flow rate
8.4 Mass flow sensor
8.5 Volumetric flow sensor
8.6 Sonic choking flow control—Non-adjustable flow rate
8.7 Determination of dynamic retention efficiency
8.8 Sampling
8.9 Sample preparation
8.10 Sample clean-up
8.10.1 Column preparation
8.10.2 Column chromatography
8.11 Internal reference standard addition
8.12 Sample analysis
8.12.1 Instrumentation
8.12.2 Instrument calibration
8.12.3 Analysis
9 Maintenance
10 Calculations
10.1 Volume of air sampled
10.2 PAH mass
10.3 PAH concentration
11 Measurement uncertainty
12 Quality assurance
12.1 General
12.2 Sampler and station log
12.3 Filters and cartridges
12.4 Sample analysis
13 Report
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Apparatus
A3 Procedure
A3.1 Calculation procedure
A3.2 Experimental procedures
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Methods for sampling and analysis of ambient air, Part 1.1: Guide to siting air monitoring equipment
[Current]
Methods for sampling and analysis of ambient air, Method 9.3: Determination of suspended particulate matter — Total suspended particulate matter (TSP) — High volume sampler gravimetric method
[Current]
Ambient air - Determination of total (gas and particle-phase) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - Collection on sorbent-backed filters with gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analyses
[Current]
Uncertainty of measurement - Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995) - SUPPLEMENT 2: Extension to any number of output quantities
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