BS EN 15853:2010 PDF

Scope: This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the total deposition of mercury. This standard can be used within the framework of the European Council Directive on Ambient Air Quality Assessment and Management and Directive 2004/107/EC. Performance requirements with which the method should comply are specified in this European Standard. The performance characteristics of the method were determined in comparative field validation tests carried out at two European locations. This European Standard is applicable to background sites that are in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2004/107/EC and to urban and industrial sites. This standard allows the sampling of deposition using cylindrical deposition gauges, and analysis using Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CVAAS) or Cold Vapour Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (CVAFS) following existing harmonised and standardised procedures. The standard is applicable for the measurement of mercury in deposition between 1 ng/(m2·d) and 100 ng/(m2·d). The standard is validated for the deposition range listed in Table 1.

BS EN 15853:2010 Referenced Document

EN ISO 17852 Water quality - Determination of mercury - Method using atomic fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 17852:2006)
EN ISO 20988 Air quality - Guidelines for estimating measurement uncertainty (ISO 20988:2007)

2010 BS EN 15853:2010 Ambient air quality - Standard method for the determination of mercury deposition