Rapid analysis of PAHs in fly ash using thermal desorption and fast GC-TOF-MS

Journal of Chromatographic Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 245-250

  Zou, Daozhong ^a   Liu, Kunlei ^a   Pan, Wei Ping ^a   Riley, John T ^a   Xu, Yiqan ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID WASTE;

FRAXINUS; ILEX COOKII;

EID: 0038172345     PISSN: 00219665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/41.5.245     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. W. Bartok and A.F. Sarofim. Fossil Fuel Combustion: A Source Book. John Wiley, New York, NY, 1991, p. 269.
2. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Toxicological Profile for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Update, (Final Report, August 1995). ATSDR, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, 1995, p. 482, NTIS Accession No. PB95-264370.
3. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemical to Humans, Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 3. Industrial Exposures in Aluminum Production, Coal Gasification, Coke Production and Iron and Steel Founding, vol. 34. IARC, Lyon, France, 1984, p. 219.
4. T.R. Barfknecht. Toxicology of soot. Energy Combust. Sci. 9: 199-237 (1983).
5. National Toxicology Program. Ninth Report on Carcinogens (Revised January 2001). Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov/roc/toc9.html (accessed January 2001).
6. U.S. EPA. List of the Sixteen PAHs with Highest Carcinogenic Effect. IEA Coal Research, London, U.K., 1984.
7. A.M. Mastral, M. Callen, C. Mayoral, and J. Galban. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from fluidized bed combustion of coal. Fuel 74: 1762-66 (1995).
8. L. Wheatley, Y.A. Levendis, and P. Vouros. Exploratory study of the combustion and PAH emissions of selected municipal waste plastics. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27: 2885 (1993).
9. P. Burchill, A.A. Herod, and R.G. James. Carcinogenesis, vol. 3. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Raven Press, New York, NY, 1978, p. 35.
10. W.A. Dark, W.H. McFadden, and D.L. Bradford. Fractionation of coal liquids by HPLC with structural characterization by LC-MS. J. Chromatogr. Sci. 15: 454-460 (1977).
11. W.A. Dark and W.H. McFadden. The role of HPLC and LC-MS in the separation and characterization of coal liquefaction products. J. Chromatogr. Sci. 16: 289-93 (1978).
12. V. Janda, K. Bartle, and A. Clifford. Review: supercritical fluid extraction in environmental analysis. J. Chromatogr. 642: 283-99 (1993).
13. S. Purushothama, W.-P. Pan, J.T. Riley, and W.G. Lloyd. Analysis of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons from coal fly ash. Fuel Process. Technol. 53: 235-42 (1998).
14. F. Lee and D. Schueltzle. In Handbook of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, vol. 1. A. Bjorseth, Ed. M. Dekker, New York, NY, 1985.
15. D. King and B. Belair. Analysis of PCBs in Soils and Sludges Using Thermal Extraction-GC-MS. Hewlett Packard Company, Wilmington, DE, June 1993. Application Note 228-29.
16. U.S. EPA. Method 8275: Semivolatile Organic Compounds (PAHs and PCBs) in Soil/Sludges and Solid Wastes Using Thermal Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometery (TE/GC/MS). EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 1996.
17. U.S. EPA. Method 8270D: Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, January 1998.
18. R.E. Finnigan, D.W. Hoyt, and D.E. Smith. Priority pollutants II-cost effective analysis. Envir. Sci. Tech. 13: 534-41 (1979).
19. W.P. Eckel. "Making sense of nontarget compound data from GC-MS library searches". American Laboratory. 32(6): 17-20 (2000).
20. R. Stevenson. "New instruments for separation science at PITTCON 2000: The new age of alliances?" American Laboratory. 32(10): 19-42 (2000).