التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Uptake Behavior of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds during Field Calibrations of the XAD-Based Passive Air Sampler Across Seasons and Locations. |
المؤلفون: |
Li, Yuening, Zhan, Faqiang, Su, Yushan, Lei, Ying Duan, Shunthirasingham, Chubashini, Zhou, Zilin, Abbatt, Jonathan P. D., Hung, Hayley, Wania, Frank |
المصدر: |
EGUsphere; 10/19/2023, p1-29, 29p |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
POLYCYCLIC aromatic compounds, PASSIVE sampling devices (Environmental sampling), AIR sampling apparatus, SEMIVOLATILE organic compounds, CALIBRATION |
مستخلص: |
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) continue to demand attention due to their widespread presence and well-established health implications. Given that incomplete combustion is a major contributor to PACs and inhalation constitutes a crucial human exposure pathway, a comprehensive understanding of the concentrations, spatial distributions, and fates of a broad range of PACs in the atmosphere is important. Passive air samplers (PASs) are a commonly utilized technique for PAC sampling and monitoring. In this study, we present the results from two one-year calibration experiments, one starting in summer and the other in winter, using a passive air sampler equipped with XAD resin as the sorbent (XAD-PAS). Throughout both experiments, PACs were consistently sorbed during the initial six-month period. However, the sorbed amounts for many PACs exhibited a decrease after half a year of deployment. Three hypotheses to explain this phenomenon were explored, including the uptake of atmospheric particles, evaporation from the sorbent, and reactions with photooxidants. All had to be rejected based on the obtained data, additional laboratory experiments and model results. Model simulations were further used to (i) confirm that a loss process must be invoked to explain the observed uptake behaviour and (ii) estimate the kinetics of that loss process for different PACs. Sampling rates (SR s) for 28 PACs derived from the linearized uptake curves during the first six months of deployment were comparable to those of other semi-volatile organic compounds obtained during the same calibration experiment, and they also demonstrate a consistent negative correlation with volatility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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