| Title: | "Volatile organic compounds in a residential and commercial urban area with a diesel, compressed natural gas and oxygenated gasoline vehicular fleet" |
| Author(s): | Martins EM; Arbilla G; Gatti LV; |
| Address: | "Departamento de Engenharia Sanitaria e Meio Ambiente, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Sala 5008, Bloco E, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20550-900, Brazil. edmmartins@gmail.com" |
| Journal Title: | Bull Environ Contam Toxicol |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00128-009-9886-2 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1432-0800 (Electronic) 0007-4861 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Air samples were collected in a typical residential and commercial area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where buses and trucks use diesel and light duty vehicles use compressed natural gas, ethanol, and gasohol (gasoline blended with ethanol) as fuel. A total of 66 C3-C12 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were identified. The most abundant compounds, on a mass concentration basis, included propane, isobutane, i-pentane, m,p-xylene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, toluene, styrene, ethylbenzene, isopropylbenzene, o-xylene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. Two VOCs photochemical reactivity rankings are presented: one involves reaction with OH and the other involves production of ozone" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis Brazil Carbon Monoxide/analysis Environmental Monitoring Fossil Fuels/*analysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Gasoline/*analysis Organic Chemicals/*analysis Oxidants, Photochemical/analysis Oxygen/*chemistry O;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMartins, Eduardo Monteiro Arbilla, Graciela Gatti, Luciana Vanni eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2009/09/30 Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 Feb; 84(2):175-9. doi: 10.1007/s00128-009-9886-2. Epub 2009 Sep 29" |
