Urban-air-toxics Monitoring Program, 1990

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6165796

From March 1990 through February 1991 samples of ambient air were collected at 12 sites in the eastern part of the U.S. Every 12 days, air was integrated over 24-hour periods into passivated stainless steel canisters. Simultaneously, air was drawn through cartridges containing dinitrophenylhydrazine to collect carbonyl compounds. The samples were analyzed at a central laboratory for a total of 37 halogenated and aromatic hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and other oxygenated species. The hydrocarbon species were analyzed by gas chromatography/multiple detectors and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, while the carbonyl species were analyzed by liquid chromatography. Complete data for all the hydrocarbon samples are presented in the report.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6165796
• Report Number(s): PB-92-110022/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-08-0014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACETALDEHYDE
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALDEHYDES
CARBONYLS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
FORMALDEHYDE
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
HYDROCARBONS
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MONITORING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
URBAN AREAS