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Abstract

This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of mercury in digests of soil, treated biowaste, sluge and waste, obtained according to EN ISO 54321 (aqua regia digestion) or EN 16173 (nitric acid digestion) or EN 13656 (digestion with a hydrochloric, nitric and tetrafluoroboric or hydrofluoric acid mixture) with using cold-vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CV-AAS). The lower working range limit is at least 0,03 mg/kg (drymatter basis) depending on digestion parameters.

Begin

2026-03-18

WI

00444284

Planned document number

DIN EN 16175-1

Project number

11905188

Responsible national committee

NA 119-08-02-04 AK - Elementary analysis  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 444/WG 3 - Inorganic analysis  

previous edition(s)

Sludge, treated biowaste and soil - Determination of mercury - Part 1: Cold-vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CV-AAS); German version EN 16175-1:2016
2016-12