A comparative study among methods of sampling mercury so as to evaluate occupational intoxication risk
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101977000300010Keywords:
Mercury poisoning, Industrial medicine, Occuptional diseasesAbstract
This is a comparative study of the most feasible methods of sampling mercury vapour. Absorption in acid permanganate, absorption in iodine and iodide solutions, adsorption in activated charcoal, and in hopcalite. A process to produce a standard atmosphere of mercury vapour to test the different methods is described. The method showing greatest accuracy and precision was found to be absorption in acid permanganate.Downloads
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1977-09-01
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Colacioppo, S. (1977). A comparative study among methods of sampling mercury so as to evaluate occupational intoxication risk . Revista De Saúde Pública, 11(3), 389-394. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101977000300010