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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		Fine Particulate Organic Material at Meadview During the Project MOHAVE Summer Intensive Study
Author(s):		Cui W; Machir J; Lewis L; Eatough DJ; Eatough NL;
Address:		"a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Brigham Young University , Provo , Utah. b Department of Chemistry , California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo , California"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		1997
Volume:		47
Issue:		3
Page Number:		357 - 369
DOI:		10.1080/10473289.1997.10464438
ISSN/ISBN:		2162-2906 (Electronic) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Brigham Young University (BYU) organic sampling system (BOSS) and the high flow rate multi-system BYU organic sampling system (BIG BOSS), which use multichannel diffusion denuder sampling techniques, were both used to collect samples of atmospheric fine particulate organic material. Both systems were used at the Meadview sampling site located at the western boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park in northwestern Arizona for the Project MOHAVE summer intensive sampling program in August 1992. The concentrations of total fine particulate carbonaceous material determined by temperature programmed volatilization for BOSS collocated replicate samples were in agreement with an uncertainty of +/-14%. A comparable agreement was seen between the BOSS and BIG BOSS samples. Carbonaceous material collected by the second of two sequential quartz filters was shown to have originated from organic material lost from particles during sampling. About one-half of the fine particulate organic material was lost from particles during sample collection. These semi-volatile organic compounds lost from particles during sampling were characterized by GC/MS analysis. The concentrations of n-alkanes, n-fatty acids, n-fatty methyl esters, and phthalic acid as a function of fine particulate size were obtained for compounds both retained by and lost from particles during sampling. The possible sources of fine particulate semi-volatile organic material collected at Meadview, and the particle size distribution of fine particulate organic material, n-alkanes, n-fatty acids, and n-fatty esters are discussed"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINECui, Wenxuan Machir, James Lewis, Laura Eatough, Delbert J Eatough, Norman L eng 1997/03/01 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 1997 Mar; 47(3):357-369. doi: 10.1080/10473289.1997.10464438"