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BSI PD CEN/TR 17554:2020

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Ambient air. Application of EN 16909 for the determination of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) in PM10 and PMcoarse

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This document describes procedures to assess the applicability of the standard method EN 16909 (determination of OC and EC deposited on filters) to particle size fractions up to 10 µm in aerodynamic diameter (50 % cut off).

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2 undefined
7 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
8 4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 Principle
9 6 Previous studies on interferences from inorganic components
6.1 General
6.2 Carbonate carbon
10 6.3 Metal oxides
6.4 Inorganic salts
11 7 Information from the data obtained during the EN 16909 field validation campaigns
16 8 Procedures for evaluating the applicability of EN 16909 to PM10 and PMcoarse
8.1 General
17 8.2 Materials, instruments and analysis
8.3 Sampling
8.4 Procedures
8.4.1 General
8.4.2 Comparison of OC and EC concentrations in different PM size fractions
8.4.2.1 Comparison of the PM10 and PM2,5 fractions
8.4.2.2 Comparison of PM10 with PM2,5 and PMcoarse
18 9 Assessment of the effect of coarse PM constituents on OC and EC determination
9.1 Carbonate carbon
9.2 Analytical artefacts in PM2,5 filter samples spiked with PMcoarse constituents that contain no EC or OC
9.2.1 Spiking material preparation
9.2.2 Test sample preparation and measurements
19 9.2.3 Test evaluation
9.3 Analytical artefacts in PMcoarse filters spiked with known amounts of OC and/or EC
9.3.1 Spiking material preparation
9.3.2 Test sample preparation and measurements
9.3.3 Test evaluation
20 Annex A (informative)Details of PM2,5 and PM10 filters included in the laboratory comparison exercise
21 Annex B (informative)Estimation of the uncertainty of ECcoarse and OCcoarse
BSI PD CEN/TR 17554:2020
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