ISO 17852:2006规定了使用原子荧光光谱法测定饮用水、地表水、地下水和雨水中汞的方法。在适当条件下，经过额外的消化步骤后，可将其应用于工业废水和城市废水。潜在的线性动态范围约为1纳克/升至100微克/升。实际上，工作范围通常为每升10纳克到每升10微克。 在适当稀释样品后，可对浓度高于工作范围的汞样品进行分析。方法检测限将取决于选定的操作条件和校准范围。 对于高纯度试剂，可获得小于1纳克/升的方法检测限。浓度大于方法检测限20倍时，相对标准偏差通常小于5%。该方法的灵敏度取决于选定的操作条件。

ISO 17852:2006 specifies a method for the determination of mercury in drinking, surface, ground and rain water using atomic fluorescence spectrometry. It may be applied to industrial and municipal waste water after an additional digestion step under appropriate conditions. The potential linear dynamic range is approximately 1 nanogram per litre to 100 micrograms per litre. In practice, the working range is often from 10 nanograms per litre to 10 micrograms per litre. Samples containing mercury at concentrations higher than the working range can be analysed following appropriate dilution of the sample. The method detection limit will be dependent on the selected operating conditions and calibration range. With high purity reagents, a method detection limit of less than 1 nanogram per litre is obtainable.The relative standard deviation is typically less than 5 % for concentrations greater than twenty times the method detection limit. The sensitivity of this method is dependent on the selected operating conditions.