Further studies on the uptake of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by polyurethane foam disk passive air samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3843-3849

  Chaemfa, Chakra ^a   Barber, Jonathan L ^a   Kim, Kyoung Sim ^b   Harner, Tom ^c   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Passive sampler; Persistent organic pollutants; Polyurethane foam; Uptake rates

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; APPROACH TO EQUILIBRIUM; FIELD CONDITIONS; FOAM DENSITIES; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GASPHASE; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; RETENTION CAPACITY; SAMPLING RATES; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TIME-RESOLVED; UPTAKE RATE; UPTAKE RATES; WIND SPEED;

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ETHERS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOAM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYMER; SAMPLER;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67650177046     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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