| Title: | A simple calibration procedure for volatile organic compounds sampling in air with adsorptive solid-phase microextraction fibres |
| Author(s): | Tuduri L; Desauziers V; Fanlo JL; |
| Address: | "Laboratoire Genie de l'Environnement Industriel, Ecole des Mines d'Ales, Helioparc- 2, avenue Pierre Angot, 64053 Pau cedex, France" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0003-2654 (Print) 0003-2654 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Adsorptive solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibres have proven to be a reliable means of sampling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. In this work, polydimethylsiloxane/carboxen (PDMS/CAR) fibres were used to test a new approach of air sampling strategy with SPME in the lab which could lighten calibration procedure and enhance the use of this already rapid, simple, convenient and cost effective sampling technique. Indeed, only one curve can be used whatever the extraction time chosen by the analyst under constant conditions of air velocity and temperature. Ficks' law of diffusion was used to model SPME grab sampling when the fibre was totally exposed to the air sample. Experimental sampling rates were then determined by GC-FID for different sampling conditions, i.e. in a flowing air stream of known velocity ('dynamic mode') and in a stagnant air ('static mode'). These sampling rates were found to be 3.50 and 17.80 mL min(-1) for acetone, 4.06 and 21.20 mL min(-1) for 1,2-dichloroethane, 5.10 and 27.80 mL min(-1) for toluene and 5.36 and 30.80 mL min(-1) for butyl acetate, for static and dynamic sampling modes respectively. Deviation from linearity of the calibration curves, indicating that a significant fraction of the adsorption sites are occupied, were determined. They were found to be approximately equal to 0.9, 1.57, 3.82 and 4.37 nmol for acetone, dichloroethane, toluene and butyl acetate, respectively. Experimentally determined sampling rates of these isolated compounds were also valid when a complex equimolar gaseous mixture was investigated, but deviation from linearity appears earlier. Then, for a given application, sampling times should be chosen very carefully to avoid competitive adsorption and hence, bad quantitative analysis results" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*analysis Calibration Environmental Monitoring/*methods Organic Chemicals/*analysis Volatilization; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTuduri, Ludovic Desauziers, Valerie Fanlo, Jean Louis eng England 2003/09/11 Analyst. 2003 Aug; 128(8):1028-32. doi: 10.1039/b300968h" |
