ISO 30011:2025
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Workplace air — Determination of metals and metalloids in airborne particulate matter by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
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08-08-2025
This document specifies a procedure for the use of quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), including single-quadrupole instruments and tandem ICP-MS/MS, for analysing test solutions prepared from samples of airborne particulate matter collected as specified in ISO 15202-1. Method development, performance checks and a routine analysis method are specified in this document
NOTE 1 Other types of ICP-MS (e.g. magnetic sector) are outside of the scope of this document.
Test solutions for analysis by this document are prepared as specified in ISO 15202-2.
This document is applicable to the assessment of workplace exposure to metals and metalloids for comparison with limit values (e.g. see EN 689[10] and ASTM E1370[8]).
This document is not applicable to the determination of elemental mercury, since mercury vapour is not collected using the sampling method specified in ISO 15202-1.
The procedure specified in this document is suitable for the assessment of exposure against the long-term exposure limits for most of the metals and metalloids for which occupational exposure limit values have been set, when sampling at a typical flow rate of at least 2l min−1 for sampling times in the range 0,25h to 8h and for the assessment of exposure against the short-term exposure limits, where applicable.
NOTE 2 The procedure is subject to no significant spectral interferences (see ClauseA.3), provided that suitable analytical isotopes are used. However, inadequate matrix-matching can adversely affect results.
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ISO/TC 146/SC 2
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
34
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| PublisherName |
International Organization for Standardization
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| Status |
Current
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