Converting Air Pollutant Concentrations
The conversion equations depend on the temperature at which the conversion is wanted (usually about 20 to 25 degrees Celsius). At an ambient air pressure of 1 atmosphere (101.325 kPa), the general equation is:
and for the reverse conversion:
| where: | |
| ppmv | = air pollutant concentration, in parts per million by volume |
| mg/m³ | = milligrams of pollutant per cubic meter of air |
| = atmospheric temperature in kelvins = 273.15 + °C | |
| 0.08205 | = Universal Gas Law constant in atm·l/(mol·K) |
| = molecular weight of the air pollutant (dimensionless) |
Notes:
- Pollution regulations in the United States typically reference their pollutant limits to an ambient temperature of 20 to 25 °C as noted above. In most other nations, the reference ambient temperature for pollutant limits may be 0 °C or other values.
- 1 percent by volume = 10,000 ppmv (i.e., parts per million by volume).
- atm = absolute atmospheric pressure in atmospheres
- mol = gram mole
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