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The purposes of this study are to establish the sampling method of heavy metals in flue gases. And the method was used to evaluate the partitions between gaseous and solid phases for Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg. U.S. EPA Method 5, Method 12 and Method 101A were adopted as the reference method. The sampling trains include two empty impinger to collect the Moisture, 0.1N HNO3 solution and KmnO4 solution in series. The sampling method was applied to the determination of particulate and gaseous metal emissions from municipal incinerators. The samples were analyzed for Pb, Cd and Cr by graphite furnace atmoic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) and for Hg by cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (CVAAS). The results showed that the ration of gaseous Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg were 75.8, 30.4, 98.7 and 29.7% in condensation water, the HNO3 absorbing solution collected 24.2, 6.2, 1.3 and 0%, and the acidic KmnO4 absorbing solution had 0, 63.5, 0 and 70.3%, respectively. The high absorbing efficiency in the condensation water may be due to acidic gaseous and soluble metallic components. Because high relationship was found between the metallic components and chloride in the condensation water, the Pb compositions was likely to be PbCl2, and the Hg compositions was high soluble HgCl2. Based on the relationship between the gas to particle ratio and chloride in flue gases, the Pb composition distributions in gas phase were increased with the chloride content. In this study, the fraction of Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg composition distributions in gas phase were 4.2±2.2%, 45±19%, 4.2±4.0% and 59±22%, respectively. Thus, the Hg and Cr were mainly in gas phase, and Pb and Cd were almost in particle. In addition, the partition coefficients of Pb, Cr, Cd and Hg were 0.011±0.012, 0.13±0.07, 0.018±0.020 and 0.35±0.23 (μg/Nm3)/(μg/g), respectively.
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