Gas chromatographic examination of the dispersion of VOCs emitted by motor vehicles in urban and semi-rural Kraków

• Autorzy: Juszkiewicz A. , Kijak B.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Dispersion of volatile organic compounds around streets with heavy traffic in and outside Kraków has been analysed by taking samples of air at different distances from the source of pollution. The procedure used was based on the US EPA T0-14 method – samples of air were collected in SUMMA canisters, concentrated in a cryogenic trap and analysed by gas chromatography with flame-ionization detection. Among other uses, the results obtained enable: - estimation of the effect of motor roads on the composition of ambient air; - evaluation of the range of effects of road traffic by determining the dependence of concentration on distance over different terrain and under different atmospheric conditions; and determination of the "background" concentration of volatile organic compounds and the maximum concentrations to which road users are exposed.

• Wydawca: University of Silesia in Katowice ; Akademiai Kiado
• Czasopismo: Acta Chromatographica
• Rocznik: 1999
• Tom: No. 9
• Strony: 154--174
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Juszkiewicz A.

autor

Kijak B.

• Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of General Chemistry, 30-060 Kraków, Ingardena 3, Poland