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Environ Sci Technol


Title:Recovery of semivolatile organic compounds during sample preparation: implications for characterization of airborne particulate matter
Author(s):Swartz E; Stockburger L; Gundel LA;
Address:"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA"
Journal Title:Environ Sci Technol
Year:2003
Volume:37
Issue:3
Page Number:597 - 605
DOI: 10.1021/es011128z
ISSN/ISBN:0013-936X (Print) 0013-936X (Linking)
Abstract:"Semivolatile compounds present special analytical challenges not met by conventional methods for analysis of ambient particulate matter (PM). Accurate quantification of PM-associated organic compounds requires validation of the laboratory procedures for recovery over a wide volatility and polarity range. To meet these challenges, solutions of n-alkanes (nC12-nC40) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs (naphthalene to benzo[ghi]perylene) were reduced in volume from a solvent mixture (equal volumes of hexane, dichloromethane and methanol), to examine recovery after reduction in volume. When the extract solution volume reached 0.5 mL the solvent was entirely methanol, and the recovery averaged 60% for n-alkanes nC12-nC25 and PAHs from naphthalene to chrysene. Recovery of higher MW compounds decreased with MW, because of their insolubility in methanol. When the walls of the flasks were washed with 1 mL of equal parts hexane and dichloromethane (to reconstruct the original solvent composition), the recovery of nC18 and higher MW compounds increased dramatically, up to 100% for nC22-nC32 and then slowly decreasing with MW due to insolubility. To examine recovery during extraction of the components of the High Capacity Integrated Gas and Particle Sampler, the same standards were used to spike its denuders and filters. For XAD-4 coated denuders and filters, normalized recovery was >95% after two extractions. Recovery from spiked quartz filters matched the recovery from the coated surfaces for alkanes nC18 and larger and for fluoranthene and larger PAHs. Lower MW compounds evaporated from the quartz filter with the spiking solvent. This careful approach allowed quantification of organics by correcting for volatility- and solubility-related sample preparation losses. This method is illustrated for an ambient sample collected with this sampler during the Texas Air Quality Study 2000"
Keywords:Air Pollutants/*analysis Environmental Monitoring Molecular Weight Particle Size Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis Specimen Handling Volatilization;
Notes:"MedlineSwartz, Erick Stockburger, Leonard Gundel, Lara A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2003/03/13 Environ Sci Technol. 2003 Feb 1; 37(3):597-605. doi: 10.1021/es011128z"

 
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