TY - JOUR
T1 - Simultaneous monitoring of profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated air with semipermeable membrane devices and spruce needles
AU - Zhu, Xiuhua
AU - Pfister, Gerd
AU - Henkelmann, Bernhard
AU - Kotalik, Jarmila
AU - Bernhöft, Silke
AU - Fiedler, Stefan
AU - Schramm, Karl Werner
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is supported by the China Scholarship Council.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Gaseous emissions of combusted electronic scrap, PVC, carpet and wood were monitored for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by simultaneous use of semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and shoots of spruce needles (Picea abies). It was found that phenanthrene, acenaphthylene and fluorene were the dominating PAHs in all samples. SPMDs and needles mainly sequestered PAH associated with the vapor phase. Particle-bound PAHs were only detected in small amounts, at which the needles tended to uptake more of these compounds in comparison to the SPMDs. Nevertheless, the logarithm of the concentrations of PAHs analyzed in both passive samplers after the same sampling period exhibited a significant linear correlation with correlation coefficients larger than 0.8073. SPMDs and spruce needles can complement each other in passive air sampling for compounds with a preference to the gas phase rather than aerosols.
AB - Gaseous emissions of combusted electronic scrap, PVC, carpet and wood were monitored for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by simultaneous use of semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) and shoots of spruce needles (Picea abies). It was found that phenanthrene, acenaphthylene and fluorene were the dominating PAHs in all samples. SPMDs and needles mainly sequestered PAH associated with the vapor phase. Particle-bound PAHs were only detected in small amounts, at which the needles tended to uptake more of these compounds in comparison to the SPMDs. Nevertheless, the logarithm of the concentrations of PAHs analyzed in both passive samplers after the same sampling period exhibited a significant linear correlation with correlation coefficients larger than 0.8073. SPMDs and spruce needles can complement each other in passive air sampling for compounds with a preference to the gas phase rather than aerosols.
KW - PAHs
KW - SPMDs
KW - Spruce needles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.023
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.023
M3 - Article
C2 - 18314236
AN - SCOPUS:58149160053
SN - 0269-7491
VL - 156
SP - 461
EP - 466
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
IS - 2
ER -