This standard specifies the determination of cadmium oxide in workshop air by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. This standard applies to the determination of cadmium oxide and other cadmium compounds in the air of industrial production sites such as mining, smelting, processing and use of cadmium.
GB/T 16016-1995 Workplace air--Determination of cadmium oxide--Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometric method was changed to GBZ/T 160.5-2004 Methods for determination of cadmium and its compounds in the air of workplace.