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Title: Sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from two-stroke chain-saw engines

Abstract

A sampling and analysis method for PAH from two-stroke engines is described. The method, which uses a standard glass fiber filter with a back-up section of Amberlite XAD-2 for sampling and GC or GC-MS for analysis, is suitable for both emission studies and occupational studies during logging. Filters and XAD-2 are desorbed with cyclohexane in an ultrasonic bath. After separation on a silica-gel micro column, the samples are submitted to analyses by capillary GC. The method is simple and covers both gaseous and particulate PAH. Naphthalene and alkyl substituted naphthalenes are also quantified.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Board of Occupational Safety and Health Research Dept., Umea, Sweden
OSTI Identifier:
6100077
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Chemosphere; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; EXHAUST GASES; PARTICULATES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; FILTRATION; NAPHTHALENE; SAMPLING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; AROMATICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONDENSED AROMATICS; ENGINES; FLUIDS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; HEAT ENGINES; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOUND WAVES; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTES; 500200* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Levin, J O, Nilsson, C A, and Norstroem, A. Sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from two-stroke chain-saw engines. United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.1016/0045-6535(84)90101-2.
Levin, J O, Nilsson, C A, & Norstroem, A. Sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from two-stroke chain-saw engines. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(84)90101-2
Levin, J O, Nilsson, C A, and Norstroem, A. 1984. "Sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from two-stroke chain-saw engines". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(84)90101-2.
@article{osti_6100077,
title = {Sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from two-stroke chain-saw engines},
author = {Levin, J O and Nilsson, C A and Norstroem, A},
abstractNote = {A sampling and analysis method for PAH from two-stroke engines is described. The method, which uses a standard glass fiber filter with a back-up section of Amberlite XAD-2 for sampling and GC or GC-MS for analysis, is suitable for both emission studies and occupational studies during logging. Filters and XAD-2 are desorbed with cyclohexane in an ultrasonic bath. After separation on a silica-gel micro column, the samples are submitted to analyses by capillary GC. The method is simple and covers both gaseous and particulate PAH. Naphthalene and alkyl substituted naphthalenes are also quantified.},
doi = {10.1016/0045-6535(84)90101-2},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6100077}, journal = {Chemosphere; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 13:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
}