Development and application of a thermal desorption-based method for the determination of nicotine in inddor environments

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5003167

Jenkins, R A; Thompson, C V; Higgins, C E

A personal monitoring system for the determination of exposure to nicotine has been developed. The system consists of a sampling cartidge packed with 200 mg of Tenax GC/sup R/ and a small, constant flow, personal sampling pump. After sampling, the cartridges are analyzed by triethylamine-assisted thermal desorption gas chromatography with nitrogen-selective detection. Collection and desorption efficiencies for the cartridges have been determined. The system has been applied in a variety of work sites, and in 36 restaurants, where measured concentrations of nicotine ranged from 0.5 to 37.2 ..mu..gm/sup /minus/3/. 25 refs., 2 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5003167
• Report Number(s): CONF-8806120-1; ON: DE88009700
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on indoor and ambient air quality, London, UK, 13 Jun 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
NICOTINE
DETECTION
AIR SAMPLERS
CALIBRATION
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
STANDARDS
TESTING
TOBACCO SMOKES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
ALKALOIDS
AMINES
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
AZINES
AZOLES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
DRUGS
EQUIPMENT
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PARASYMPATHOLYTICS
PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS
POLLUTION
PYRIDINES
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
RESIDUES
SAMPLERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SMOKES
SOLS
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)