Quantitative characterization of urban sources of organic aerosol by high-resolution gas chromatography

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Environmental Science and Technology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00019a014· OSTI ID:5468703

Hildemann, L M; A, Mazurek M; Cass, G R ^[1]; Simoneit, B R.T. ^[2]

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1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (United States)
2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (United States)

Fine aerosol emissions have been collected from a variety of urban combustion sources, including an industrial boiler, a fireplace, automobiles, diesel trucks, gas-fired home appliances, and meat cooking operations, by use of a dilution sampling system. Other sampling techniques have been utilized to collect fine aerosol samples of paved road dust, brake wear, tire wear, cigarette smoke, tar pot emissions, and vegetative detritus. The organic matter contained in each of these samples has been analyzed via high-resolution gas chromatography. By use of a simple computational approach, a quantitative, 50-parameter characterization of the elutable fine organic aerosol emitted from each source type has been determined. The organic mass distribution fingerprints obtained by this approach are shown to differ significantly from each other for most of the source types tested, using hierarchical cluster analysis.

• OSTI ID: 5468703
• Journal Information: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology; (United States) Vol. 25:7; ISSN ESTHA; ISSN 0013-936X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
APPLIANCES
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BOILERS
CHARCOAL
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COLLOIDS
DATA
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DISPERSIONS
DUSTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTRACTION
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FLUIDS
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FUEL GAS
FUEL OILS
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GAS APPLIANCES
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GAS FUELS
GAS OILS
GASES
GASOLINE
INFORMATION
LIQUID FUELS
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MATTER
NATURAL GAS
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PATTERN RECOGNITION
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PETROLEUM
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLS
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