1 AS 3580.7.

1—1992

Australian Standard
Methods for sampling and analysis of
ambient air

Method 7.1: Determination of carbon

monoxide— Direct-reading instrumental
method

PREFACE
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This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Methods for
Examination of Air to supersede AS 2695 — 1984, Ambient air — Determination of
carbon monoxide — Direct-reading instrumental method. This edition incorporates
minor changes in format and style and is technically identical to AS 2695.
The requirements for instruments specified in this Standard were derived from, and are
substantially similar to, those given in the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) Air Regulations Pollution Control Guide, Part 53: Ambient air
monitoring reference and equivalent methods, Section 8183, Subpart B: Procedures for
testing performance characteristics of automated methods. Acknowledgement is made
of the assistance obtained from this document.
Instruments bearing the USEPA equivalency designation predominate in Australia
where scope for instrument testing and certification is limited. Accordingly, it is
necessary to accept the USEPA designation of instruments with minor modifications,
where appropriate, for local requirements. The USEPA definitions for performance
characteristics vary considerably in presentation (if not in substance) from those
currently prescribed in ISO 6879, Air quality — Performance characteristics and
related concepts for air quality measuring methods, but have nevertheless been
retained, virtually intact, for the sake of preserving consistency with the USEPA.

METHOD

1 SCOPE This Standard sets out a method for determining carbon monoxide in
ambient air using a direct-reading instrumental method. The method is applicable to
the determination of carbon monoxide in ambient air with concentrations within the
range 0 to 500 p.p.m. by volume (0 to approximately 600 mg/m 3).
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this
Standard:
AS
2922 Ambient air — Guide for the siting of sampling units
3580 Methods for sampling and analysis of ambient air
3580.2.2 Method 2.2: Preparation of reference test atmospheres — Compressed gas
method
3580.4.1 Method 4.1: Determination of sulfur dioxide — Direct-reading instrumental
method
3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions given in
AS 3580.4.1 apply.
4 PRINCIPLE A sample of the ambient air is drawn into an instrument in which
the response of the detector is recorded as a concentration of carbon monoxide.

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