| Title: | Use of reactive tracers to determine ambient OH radical concentrations: application within the indoor environment |
| Author(s): | White IR; Martin D; Munoz MP; Petersson FK; Henshaw SJ; Nickless G; Lloyd-Jones GC; Clemitshaw KC; Shallcross DE; |
| Address: | "School of Chemistry, Bristol University, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The hydroxyl radical (OH) plays a key role in determining indoor air quality. However, its highly reactive nature and low concentration indoors impede direct analysis. This paper describes the techniques used to indirectly quantify indoor OH, including the development of a new method based on the instantaneous release of chemical tracers into the air. This method was used to detect ambient OH in two indoor seminar rooms following tracer detection by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). The results from these tests add to the small number of experiments that have measured indoor OH which are discussed with regard to future directions within air quality research" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis Butadienes/chemistry Carbon Monoxide/analysis Environmental Monitoring/*methods Hemiterpenes/chemistry Humidity Hydroxyl Radical/*analysis Ozone/analysis Pentanes/chemistry Temperature Time Factors Volatile Organic Compound;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineWhite, Iain R Martin, Damien Munoz, M Paz Petersson, Fredrik K Henshaw, Stephen J Nickless, Graham Lloyd-Jones, Guy C Clemitshaw, Kevin C Shallcross, Dudley E eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2010/08/14 Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Aug 15; 44(16):6269-74. doi: 10.1021/es901699a" |
