Cost-effective procedure to screen air samples for polyaromatic pollutants

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6092812

Vo-Dinh, T; Colovos, G C; Wagner, T J; Jungers, R H

The use of simple and cost-effective luminescence techniques for screening ambient air particulate samples is described. Two analytical methods, synchronous luminescence and room temperature phosphorescence, are employed to monitor the content of polynuclear aromatic (PNA) species in air particulate extracts collected at two wood-burning communities. The validity and efficacy of this cost-effective screening approach are demonstrated via comparison of the screening data with results obtained by detailed gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. The results of this field study demonstrate that a simple and cost-effective screening procedure can be used to obtain PNA spectral profiles as a basis to rank air samples according to their PNA content and/or to determine whether these samples have similar PNA compositions.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6092812
• Report Number(s): CONF-830572-2; ON: DE83014016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOL MONITORING
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HYDROCARBONS
LUMINESCENCE
MONITORING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SCREENING