Research Article

Estimation of Measurement Uncertainties for the DGT Passive Sampler Used for Determination of Copper in Water

Table 2

Parameters for which uncertainty is determined and respective units.

ParameterUnitDefinition

m2Effective area of diffusional cross-section
m2 s−1Diffusion coefficient of the Cu2+ ion in the MDL
m2 s−1Diffusion coefficient of the Cu2+ ion in water
gAccumulated amount of Cu2+ determined from sample
gContamination determined from field blank
Recovery during the extraction phase
KTemperature in bulk water phase
hoursExposure time
mDiffusional boundary layer thickness
mDiffusional pathway thickness of the MDL