DIN EN ISO 17852:2008 Water quality - Determination of mercury - Method using atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 17852:2006); English version of DIN EN ISO 17852:2008-04
This International Standard specifies a method for the determination of mercury in drinking, surface, ground and
rain water using atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
NOTE This International Standard may be applied to industrial and municipal waste water after an additional digestion step
under appropriate conditions.
The potential linear dynamic range is approximately 1 ng/I to 100 i~g/I. In practice, the working range is often
from 10 ng/I to 10 μg/l.
Samples containing mercury at concentrations higher than the working range can be analysed following
appropriate dilution of the sample.
The method detection limit (XDL) will be dependent on the selected operating conditions and calibration range.
With high purity reagents, a xDL of less than 1 ng/I is obtainable.
The relative standard deviation is typically less than 5 % for concentrations greater than twenty times the
method detection limit.
The sensitivity of this method is dependent on the selected operating conditions.
DIN EN ISO 17852:2008 Referenced Document
ISO 3696 Water for analytical laboratory use; Specification and test methods
ISO 5667-1 Water quality — Sampling — Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes and sampling techniques*, 2023-03-14 Update
ISO 5667-2 Water quality; sampling; part 2: guidance on sampling techniques
2008DIN EN ISO 17852:2008-04 Water quality - Determination of mercury - Method using atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 17852:2006); German version EN ISO 17852:2008
2008DIN EN ISO 17852:2008 Water quality - Determination of mercury - Method using atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 17852:2006); English version of DIN EN ISO 17852:2008-04