Gefahrstoffe

Hazardous compounds such as airborne particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and black carbon (BC) require special attention. The toxicological effects caused by the inhalation of such substances depend mainly on the concentration of...

Measurement procedures used for workplace measurements of chemical agents need to fulfill certain quality criteria. According to the European standard EN 482 the expanded uncertainty is the crucial factor in deciding whether a measurement procedure...

Although existing guidelines and standards for measurement of biotic components in Germany are dominated by cultivation dependent-analyses more and more genome-based methods are used to address the limitations of cultivation-dependent investigations...

Reducing vehicular emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) is of great concern due to the impact of nitrogen oxides on human health and the ecosystem. Several reduction technologies, including the three-way catalyst for gasoline cars and the selective...