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Measurement of Gaseous Halogenated Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air

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Physico-Chemical Behaviour of Atmospheric Pollutants

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Halogenated hydrocarbons (halocarbons) were measured in ambient air. For sampling, the air was sucked through little vessels partly filled with Tenax in order to absorb the halocarbons. The vessels with the collected halocarbons also were used for analysis with a headspace-gaschromatograph. In the inlet oven the samples were heated and the halocarbons desorbed and were enriched in the head space of the vessel from where a certain quantity was taken by the injection needle. The halocarbon compounds were separated in a carbopack-column and were detected in an ECD-detector. The concentration ranges measured in an urban residential area were: chloroform 0, 2 – 2, 5 µg/m3; trichloroethylene 1 – 10 and tetrachloroethylene 1– 18 µg/m3; carbon tetrachloride 0, 2 – 4, 5; trichloroethane 2 – 50 µg/m3.

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Müller, J., Riedel, F. (1984). Measurement of Gaseous Halogenated Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air. In: Versino, B., Angeletti, G. (eds) Physico-Chemical Behaviour of Atmospheric Pollutants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6505-8_41

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