Simulating and explaining passive air sampling rates for semivolatile compounds on polyurethane foam passive samplers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8591-8598

  Petrich, Nicholas T ^a,b   Spak, Scott N ^a,b,c   Carmichael, Gregory R ^a,b   Hu, Dingfei ^a,c   Martinez, Andres ^a,c   Hornbuckle, Keri C ^a,b,c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER; PROCESS UNCERTAINTIES; REFERENCE TEMPERATURE; SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPURATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ADVECTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MASS; METEOROLOGY; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLING; PHYSICS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYURETHANES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84881421603     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401532q     Document Type: Article

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