MEASURABILITY OF PARTICLE BASED AS WELL AS GASEOUS PAH IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Authors
WEISWEILER W PERSNER C CREUTZNACHER H
Citation
W. Weisweiler et al., MEASURABILITY OF PARTICLE BASED AS WELL AS GASEOUS PAH IN THE ATMOSPHERE, Staub, Reihhaltung der Luft, 53(5), 1993, pp. 183-186
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil
Journal title
Staub, Reihhaltung der Luft → ACNP
ISSN journal
00390771
Volume
53
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
183 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-0771(1993)53:5<183:MOPBAW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were collected inside a German city (Karlsruhe/Rhine valley) from January to April 1992 with sampling times between one and three days. It was found to be possibl e to collect both particle bounded and gaseous PAH compounds on a comb ination of a glass-fibre filter and two tandem-arranged polyurethane-f oams. HPLC was used for analysis in combination with a fluorescence de tector which allows to detect PAH compounds in the ppb-range. The repr oducibility of the complete sampling method was determined by parallel measurements.