Field validation of polyethylene passive air samplers for parent and alkylated PAHs in Alexandria, Egypt

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3990-3998

  Khairy, Mohammed A ^a,b   Lohmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLING; ALEXANDRIA; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; ENTHALPIES OF VAPORIZATION; FIELD VALIDATION; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VEHICLE EMISSION; WIND SPEED; WINTER SEASONS;

ANTHRACENE; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYETHYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTHALPY; PAH; PARTITIONING; PHENANTHRENE; POLYMER; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EGYPT; ENTHALPY; EXHAUST GAS; FIELD STUDY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYETHYLENE AIR SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VAPORIZATION; WIND; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYETHYLENE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84859354775     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300012u     Document Type: Article

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