Quantitative Evaluation of Real-time Measurements of Atmospheric Mercury in a Mercury- contaminated Area

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  • Kono Yuriko
    Environment and Safety Center, Kagoshima University
  • Tomiyasu Takashi
    Environment and Safety Center, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University

Description

   On-site real-time measurements may be one of the most useful methods to estimate Hg pollution levels at mercury-contaminated sites. However, there are very few reports that estimate the reliability of real-time mercury measurements across a wide concentration range. We performed real-time measurement of atmospheric mercury in a small-scale gold mining (SSGM) area contaminated with mercury and compared results with data obtained by conventional sampling methods.<br>   On-site real-time atmospheric mercury analysis was conducted at 12 locations in the Cikaniki River Basin, West Java, Indonesia, in July 2011 and February 2012 using an EMP-2 Mercury Analyzer (NIC, Tokyo, Japan). Temporal variations in atmospheric elemental mercury (Hg0) concentrations were recorded at each location, and atmospheric Hg0 was simultaneously collected by conventional methods using a mercury collector tube (Hgtube) and KMnO4 solution (HgMn).<br>   The concentrations of atmospheric mercury collected by the conventional methods ranged from 0.17 to 36 μg m−3 (n=19), while that obtained by the real-time measurement (Hgreal-time) ranged from <0.1 to 38 μg m (n=19). Although the concentration of atmospheric mercury at each location varied widely over time, the median Hgreal-time values for a given sampling time were linearly related to Hgtube and HgMn (r2 =0.95, n=19, p<0.01) with a slope value of 0.99. The analysis showed that atmospheric Hg0 concentrations at SSGM sites contaminated with mercury can be quantitatively estimated by real-time measurements.

Journal

  • Journal of Environment and Safety

    Journal of Environment and Safety 4 (2), 2_153-2_157, 2013

    Academic Consociation of Environmental Safety and Waste Management, Japan

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680378628096
  • NII Article ID
    130003378396
  • DOI
    10.11162/daikankyo.es12p1201
  • ISSN
    21863725
    18844375
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN
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