ambient air mercury Articles

Tekran instruments—monitoring around the world

Tekran provides trace-level mercury analytical and monitoring technology for a variety of applications including laboratory-based sample analysis, continuous point-source emissions and ambient air monitoring. This article focuses on and highlights the results of an application of Tekran’s Ambient Air Mercury Speciation System. In contrast to most other heavy metals, mercury (Hg) and ...

Feb. 15, 2012

By Tekran Instruments Corporation
How to investigate mercury in the oceans?

Mercury is a highly toxic metal that affects the environment and can endanger people's health, as a powerful neurotoxin. The combustion of coal, waste and fuel are releasing hundreds of tons of heavy metal into the atmosphere annually, and its sediment enters to soil and water. Mercury measurements are part of the EU project "Global Mercury Observation System". The long-term goal of this ...

Feb. 15, 2017

By Lumex Instruments Group
Concentrations of gaseous trace elements such as mercury in the ambient air of the Netherlands

ABSTRACT Around the world, there is increasing concern about mercury in the environment. Sources of mercury emissions to the air include municipal waste incineration plants, coal-fired power plants and municipal sewage sludge disposal. The emission of mercury from coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands is well documented. However, to assess the environmental consequences of the emissions of ...

Oct. 6, 2014

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

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Tekran instruments—monitoring around the world

How to investigate mercury in the oceans?

Concentrations of gaseous trace elements such as mercury in the ambient air of the Netherlands