Field comparison of passive air samplers with reference monitors for ambient volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide under week-long integrals
| Autor: | E. Hunter Daughtrey, Shaibal Mukerjee, Carry Croghan, Henry H. Jacumin, Luther Smith, Lucas M. Neas, Robert L. Seila, Karen D. Oliver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Air Pollutants Michigan Volatile Organic Compounds Time Factors Sorbent Nitrogen Dioxide Xylene Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results General Medicine BTEX Management Monitoring Policy and Law Ethylbenzene Toluene chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Environmental chemistry Nitrogen dioxide Volatile organic compound Adsorption Benzene Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | J. Environ. Monit.. 11:220-227 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0333 1464-0325 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/b809588d |
| Popis: | This study evaluates performance of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and volatile organic compound (VOC) passive samplers with corresponding reference monitors at two sites in the Detroit, Michigan area during the summer of 2005. Ogawa passive NO2 samplers and custom-made, re-useable Perkin-Elmer (PE) tubes with Carbopack X sorbent for VOCs were deployed under week-long sampling periods for six weeks. Precise results (5% relative standard deviation, RSD) were found for NO2 measurements from collocated Ogawa samplers. Reproducibility was also good for duplicate PE tubes for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX species, allor = 6% RSD). As seen in previous studies, comparison of Ogawa NO2 samplers with reference chemiluminescence measurements suggested good agreement. Generally good agreement was also found between the PE tubes and reference methods for BTEX species. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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