Name: UNI EN ISO 12846 : 2013
Brand: UNI

WATER QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF MERCURY - METHOD USING ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (AAS) WITH AND WITHOUT ENRICHMENT

Published date

01-17-2013

Publisher

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Principle
4 General interferences
5 Sample collection and pre-treatment for drinking,
  surface, ground and rain-water samples
6 Determination of mercury after tin(II) chloride
  reduction and enrichment by amalgamation
7 Determination of mercury after tin(II) chloride
  reduction without enrichment
8 Expression of results
9 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Performance data
Bibliography

Describes two methods for the determination of mercury in drinking, surface, ground, rain and waste water after appropriate pre-digestion.

DevelopmentNote	Supersedes UNI EN 1483 and UNI EN 12338. (01/2013)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
Status	Current
Supersedes	UNI EN 1483 : 2008 UNI EN 12338 : 2003

Standards	Relationship
ISO 12846:2012	Identical
EN ISO 12846:2012	Identical

ISO 17852:2006	Water quality Determination of mercury Method using atomic fluorescence spectrometry
ISO 5667-3:2012	Water quality Sampling Part 3: Preservation and handling of water samples
ISO 5667-1:2006	Water quality Sampling Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes and sampling techniques
ISO 8466-2:2001	Water quality — Calibration and evaluation of analytical methods and estimation of performance characteristics — Part 2: Calibration strategy for non-linear second-order calibration functions
ISO 5725-2:1994	Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method
ISO 3696:1987	Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods
ISO 8466-1:1990	Water quality Calibration and evaluation of analytical methods and estimation of performance characteristics Part 1: Statistical evaluation of the linear calibration function