| Title: | "Quantification of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and o-xylene in internal combustion engine exhaust with time-weighted average solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography mass spectrometry" |
| Author(s): | Baimatova N; Koziel JA; Kenessov B; |
| Address: | "Center of Physical Chemical Methods of Research and Analysis, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. Electronic address: koziel@iastate.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aca.2015.02.062 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-4324 (Electronic) 0003-2670 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A new and simple method for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and o-xylene (BTEX) quantification in vehicle exhaust was developed based on diffusion-controlled extraction onto a retracted solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coating. The rationale was to develop a method based on existing and proven SPME technology that is feasible for field adaptation in developing countries. Passive sampling with SPME fiber retracted into the needle extracted nearly two orders of magnitude less mass (n) compared with exposed fiber (outside of needle) and sampling was in a time weighted-averaging (TWA) mode. Both the sampling time (t) and fiber retraction depth (Z) were adjusted to quantify a wider range of Cgas. Extraction and quantification is conducted in a non-equilibrium mode. Effects of Cgas, t, Z and T were tested. In addition, contribution of n extracted by metallic surfaces of needle assembly without SPME coating was studied. Effects of sample storage time on n loss was studied. Retracted TWA-SPME extractions followed the theoretical model. Extracted n of BTEX was proportional to Cgas, t, Dg, T and inversely proportional to Z. Method detection limits were 1.8, 2.7, 2.1 and 5.2 mg m(-3) (0.51, 0.83, 0.66 and 1.62 ppm) for BTEX, respectively. The contribution of extraction onto metallic surfaces was reproducible and influenced by Cgas and t and less so by T and by the Z. The new method was applied to measure BTEX in the exhaust gas of a Ford Crown Victoria 1995 and compared with a whole gas and direct injection method" |
| Keywords: | Air Pollutants/*analysis/isolation & purification Benzene/*analysis/isolation & purification Benzene Derivatives/*analysis/isolation & purification Equipment Design Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/instrumentation Solid Phase Microextraction/*instrume; |
| Notes: | "MedlineBaimatova, Nassiba Koziel, Jacek A Kenessov, Bulat eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2015/04/26 Anal Chim Acta. 2015 May 11; 873:38-50. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.02.062. Epub 2015 Feb 27" |
