Outdoor passive air monitoring of semi volatile organic compounds (SVOCs): a critical evaluation of performance and limitations of polyurethane foam (PUF) disksVise andre og tillknytning
2014 (engelsk)Inngår i: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, ISSN 2050-7887, E-ISSN 2050-7895, Vol. 16, nr 3, s. 433-444Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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Abstract [en]
The most commonly used passive air sampler (PAS) (i.e. polyurethane foam (PUF) disk) is cheap, versatile, and capable of accumulating compounds present both in gas and particle phases. Its performance for particle associated compounds is however disputable. In this study, twelve sets of triplicate PUF-PAS were deployed outdoors for exposure periods of 1-12 weeks together with continuously operated active samplers, to characterize sampling efficiency and derive sampling rates (R-S) for compounds belonging to 7 SVOC classes (including particle associated compounds). PUF-PAS efficiently and consistently sampled polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and eight novel brominated flame retardant (nBFR) compounds. Low accuracy and lack of sensitivity was observed for most polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans PCDD/Fs and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (under the conditions of this study), with the exception of some congeners which may be used as qualitative markers for their respective classes. Application of compound specific R-S was found crucial for all compounds except PCBs. Sampling efficiency of the particle associated compounds was often low.
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2014. Vol. 16, nr 3, s. 433-444
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-49780DOI: 10.1039/c3em00644aISI: 000333226700008PubMedID: 24526226Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84895170719OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-49780DiVA, id: diva2:918895
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Funding Agencies:
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic TB010MZP057
AMVIS KON-TAKT II project LH12074
Program of Employment of Newly Graduated Doctors of Science for Scientific Excellence CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.009
European Social Fund
State budget of the Czech Republic
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