{"id":5176,"date":"2023-04-25T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:26:04","slug":"workshop-si-traceable-calibration-methods-for-mercury-gas-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/en\/news\/workshop-si-traceable-calibration-methods-for-mercury-gas-generators\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop: SI-traceable calibration methods for mercury gas generators"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1682407773933{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/shutterstock_108246230-scaled.jpg?id=5190) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”main_header gradient_header dg-position-realtive”][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_class=”dg-header–small”][vc_column width=”5\/6″ el_class=”dg-padding-none full_width_responsive”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1756455963185{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”text-white”]Published on April 25th 2023<\/ins><\/p>\n

Workshop: SI-traceable calibration methods for mercury gas generators<\/h1>\n

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Workshop: SI-traceable calibration methods for mercury gas generators<\/h2>\n

19 September 2023 11:00 \u2013 13:00<\/em>
\nCEM conference venue, HYATT REGENCY BARCELONA TOWER, Barcelona, Spain<\/strong>
\nCEM 2023 – International Conference and Exhibition on Emissions Monitoring (ilmexhibitions.com)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]Mercury is ubiquitously present in the atmosphere, thus monitoring of the mercury concentrations in the atmosphere and emission sources has become a global requirement in recent years. Industrial sites are required to implement adequate monitoring equipment (e.g., analysers and gas generators) and report their emissions to relevant authorities. To obtain accurate and reliable measurement results the appropriate calibration of monitoring equipment is required. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]For decades gaseous mercury concentration measurements have been calibrated based on mercury vapour pressure equations (e.g., the Dumarey or the Huber equation). Currently these equations differ from each other by more than 7 % at 20 \u00b0C and this discrepancy is of great concern as it hampers comparable and reliable measurement results for mercury concentrations in the atmosphere and emissions sources. In the past decade considerable effort has been put into the development of certified reference materials and calibration methods for gaseous mercury concentrations traceable to the International System of Units (SI) to ensure comparable and reliable mercury measurement results.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]Notwithstanding these efforts, there are no standardised procedures that ensure the dissemination of the SI traceable calibration methods from primary reference materials via mercury gas generators to monitoring equipment used for atmospheric and emission monitoring. Scientifically and metrologically sound calibration protocols, used to assess the performance of mercury gas generators in the form of formally accepted documentary standards, are of fundamental importance to guarantee the accuracy and comparability of the mercury measurement results in gas emission sources and in the atmosphere in Europe and globally.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”5188″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]Within the EMPIR (European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research) SI-Hg project (Metrology for traceable protocols for elemental and oxidised mercury concentrations – 19NRM03 www.SI-Hg.eu<\/a>) such metrologically sound calibration protocols have been developed and validated in the past years. The calibration protocols will contribute to establishing a traceability chain from the SI certified reference materials to measurement data obtained in emission sources and in the atmosphere. The protocols replace thereby calibrations based on mercury vapour pressure equations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]If you want to know how you can improve calibration of your mercury gas generator for both atmospheric and emission measurements and how the calibration protocols developed can improve the comparability and reliability of your measurement results join the SI-Hg workshop September 19th 2023 in Barcelona. During the workshop SI-Hg project partners will present development and validation of mercury gas generators, calibration methods and standardisation for mercury monitoring in the atmosphere and emission sources.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column el_class=”full_width_responsive dg-padding-none”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n