Table 1 Various evaluated components for the determination of arsenic in SPM samples
Sample I.D. | Concentration of arsenic obtained from AAS-HG after reducing blank (μg/litre) | Concentration of Arsenic in ng/m3 [C AS ] | Volume made for test samples (Table 2) [V TEST ] | Volume of air processed through HVS at STP (m3) [V HVS ] [Table 7] | Total weight of SPM deposited on 18 cm × 23 cm filter paper (gm) [W TSPM ]*1 [Table 9] | Weight of SPM deposited on 18 cm × 11.5 cm filter paper area taken for analysis (gm) [W ANA ]*2 Table 9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-1 | 27.52 ± 1.28* | 5.58 ± 0.271 | 50 ml | 493.52 | 0.2210 ± 0.0021 | 0.1105 ± 0.0042 |
S-2 | 13.33 ± 0.87* | 3.21 ± 0.182 | 50 ml | 414.97 | 0.1136 ± 0.0041 | 0.0568 ± 0.0081 |
S-3 | 19.92 ± 0.97* | 4.36 ± 0.212 | 50 ml | 457.16 | 1.3088 ± 0.0004 | 0.6544 ± 0.0007 |
S-4 | 6.62 ± 0.65* | 1.45 ± 0.112 | 50 ml | 456.65 | 0.1406 ± 0.0033 | 0.0703 ± 0.0065 |
S-5 | 8.03 ± 0.73* | 1.70 ± 0.122 | 50 ml | 471.24 | 0.1896 ± 0.0025 | 0.0948 ± 0.0049 |
S-6 | 9.82 ± 0.83* | 2.37 ± 0.131 | 50 ml | 414.78 | 0.2404 ± 0.0019 | 0.1202 ± 0.0038 |
S-7 | 5.62 ± 0.59* | 1.44 ± 0.113 | 50 ml | 391.63 | 0.7760 ± 0.0006 | 0.3880 ± 0.0012 |