- Author
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Byrd, W. E.
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McKnight, M. E.
- Title
- Potential Methods for Measuring and Detecting Lead in Existing Paint Films: A Literature Review.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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NISTIR 89-4205,
January 1990,
45 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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analysis
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lead
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literature reviews
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paints
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x ray fluorescence
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flame atomic absorption
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spot test
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inductively coupled plasma
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neutron activation analysis
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voltammetry
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mass spectrometry
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ion selective electrodes
- Abstract
- Recent legislation required the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish procedures to eliminate, as far as practicable, the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning in any existing HUD-controlled housing. Thus, HUD promulgated a regulation which requires abatement to eliminate lead-base paint poisoning hazards in housing and in which the concentration of lead in paint equals or exceeds 1 mg/cm2. The legislation also required HUD to review test methods for measuring lead in paint. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was given this task. That review is the subject of this report. Test methods were evaluated based on the following criteria: 1) safety, 2) reliability, 3) accuracy, 4) precision, 5) detection limit, 6) ease of use, and 7) technical skill required to make a measurement, 8) nondestructive, and 9) cost of an analysis. Methods were separated into two categories: 1) field test methods and 2) laboratory test methods. The laboratory test methods were also separated by whether the sample needed to be in solution or could be analyzed as a solid. None of the potential test methods met all of the desired criteria.