An investigation into the losses of benzo(a)pyrene and benzene-soluble material from filters during air sampling

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6494416

High-volume static sampling is often used in preference to personal sampling for the collection of atmospheric particulate deposits, especially where low levels of pollutants are expected (for example, in the collection of background samples). Some doubt about the accuracy of the results of high-volume sampling when determining BaP was expressed in a reference in a Federal Register report to a claim that results for BaP concentrations in air obtained by high-volume sampling are 11.7 times lower than those obtained by the use of personal samplers. This investigation compares the losses of benzo(a)pyrene and benzene-soluble material from both high-volume and personal samples at various temperatures.

• Research Organization: British Carbonization Research Association, Chesterfield
• OSTI ID: 6494416
• Report Number(s): PB-82-243197
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BENZOPYRENE
CARBONIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COKING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DECOMPOSITION
EQUIPMENT
HYDROCARBONS
MONITORING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL MONITORING
POLLUTION
RADIATION MONITORING
SAMPLERS
SAMPLING
SOLUBILITY