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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2009 Aug 1;43(15):5915–5920. doi: 10.1021/es9013097

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Stoichiometric limits governing the maximum mean mercury levels in air as a function of room/container size and number of broken lamps. These theoretical limits are based on 3 mg Hg per lamp and complete volatilization with no ventilation or adsorptive sinks.