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Anal Chem

Title:		Development and application of a needle trap device for time-weighted average diffusive sampling
Author(s):		Gong Y; Eom IY; Lou DW; Hein D; Pawliszyn J;
Address:		"Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada"
Journal Title:		Anal Chem
Year:		2008
Volume:		20080903
Issue:		19
Page Number:		7275 - 7282
DOI:		10.1021/ac800884f
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-6882 (Electronic) 0003-2700 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A simple, cost-effective analysis combining solventless extraction, thermal desorption, and determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was developed and validated. A needle trap device (NTD) packed with the sorbent Carboxen1000 was used as a time-weighted average (TWA) diffusive sampler to collect target compounds by molecular diffusion and adsorption to the packed sorbent. This process can be described with derivations of Fick's first law of diffusion, which expresses the relation between the TWA concentrations to which the passive sampler is exposed and the mass of analytes adsorbed to the packed sorbent in the sampler. The effects of experimental factors such as temperature, pressure, humidity, and face velocity were taken into account in applying diffusive sampling under nonideal conditions. This study demonstrates that NTD is effective for air analysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene (BTEX), due to the good adsorption/desorption quality of Carboxen 1000 and to the special geometric shape of the needle with a small cross section avoiding the need for calibration. Storage tests showed good storage stability for BTEX. Verification of the theoretical model showed good agreement between theoretical and experimental sampling rates. Method validation done against NIOSH method 1501, SPME, and NTD active sampling revealed good agreement between those methods. Automated NTD sample introduction to a gas chromatograph facilitates the use of this technology for industrial hygiene applications"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEGong, Ying Eom, In-Yong Lou, Da-Wei Hein, Dietmar Pawliszyn, Janusz eng 2008/09/04 Anal Chem. 2008 Oct 1; 80(19):7275-82. doi: 10.1021/ac800884f. Epub 2008 Sep 3"