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 AMMONIA

NH3

MW: 17.03

METHOD: 6015, Issue 2

CAS: 7664-41-7 EVALUATION: PARTIAL

OSHA : 50 ppm NIOSH: 25 ppm; STEL 35 ppm; Group III pesticide ACGIH: 25 ppm; STEL 35 ppm (1 ppm = 0.697 mg/m 3 @ NTP)

PROPERTIES:

6015

RTECS: BO0875000 Issue 1: 15 August 1994

gas; MP -77.7 °C; BP -33.4 °C; explosive range 16 to 25% v/v in air; vapor density 0.6 (air = 1)

SYNONYMS: none

SAMPLING SAMPLER:

SOLID SORBENT TUBE (sulfuric acid-treated silica gel) A 0.8-micron MCE prefilter may be used to remove particulate interferences.

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE:

VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

ANALYTE:

indophenol blue

FLOW RATE: 0.1 to 0.2 L/min

EXTRACTION:

20 mL deionized water

VOL-MIN: -MAX:

0.1 L @ 50 ppm 96 L

COLOR DEVELOPMENT:

SHIPMENT:

routine

SAMPLE STABILITY:

not determined

BLANKS:

2 to 10 field blanks per set

EDTA antiprecipitant, phenolate coupling agent, nitroprusside intensifier, hypochlorite.

WAVELENGTH:

630 or 660 nm

CALIBRATION:

standard solutions of ammonium chloride in deionized water

RANGE:

1.5 to 20 µg per sample [1]

ACCURACY ESTIMATED LOD: 0.5 µg per sample [1] RANGE STUDIED:

not studied

ACCURACY:

not determined

BIAS:

not determined

PRECISION (Sr):

not determined

ˆ ): not determined OVERALL PRECISION (S rT

APPLICABILITY: The working range is 0.2 to 400 ppm (0.15 to 300 mg/m 3) for a 10-L air sample. This method is applicable to STEL measurements.

INTERFERENCES: None identified.

OTHER METHODS: This method is based on the sampling procedure of Method S347 [2], the automated analytical procedure of EPA Method 350.1 [3], and Standard Methods 417G [4]. NIOSH Method 6701 [5] was less sensitive, employing a passive li quid sorbent badge for collection followed by ion chromatography. NIOSH Method P&CAM 205 [6] used impinger collection and Nessler's reagent for manual colorimetric analysis. OSHA has both impinger collection with ion specific electrode analys is (ID-164) [7] and sulfuric acid-impregnated beaded carbon collection followed by ion chromatography analysis (ID-188) [8].

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM), Fourth Edition, 8/15/94