Tests passed

Air Monitors has announced that the
new TEOM 1405-F and 1405-DF
ambient particulate monitors
have successfully completed a
series of laboratory and
field trials in the UK
and Germany.

The trials were part
of a combined UKGermany
PM
Equivalence Program
to achieve both MCERTS
and German UBA certification for the
measurement of PM2.5 and PM10
without the need for correction
factors which are required for many
other techniques.

Commenting, Air Monitors MD
Jim Mills said: “This is great news for
ambient air quality monitoring
in the UK because the 1405-F
provides the benefits of
TEOM technology with the
advantage of volatiles and nonvolatiles
measurement by
FDMS – data which is
essential for an understanding
of the nature and source of PM
pollution, which in turn is
important to inform control and
improvement measures.”