Issue 5, 2003
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Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Development of an integrative passive sampler for the monitoring of organic water pollutants

Luise Wennrich,*a   Branislav Vrana,b   Peter Poppc  and  Wilhelm Lorenzd  

* Corresponding authors

a Leibniz-Institute of Surface Modification, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
E-mail: luise.wennrich@iom-leipzig.de
Fax: +49 341 235 2584
Tel: +49 341 235 3184

b Department of Chemical Ecotoxicology, UFZ–Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany

c Department of Analytical Chemistry, UFZ–Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany

d Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany

Abstract

The development of convenient and competitive devices and methods for monitoring of organic pollutants in the aquatic environment is of increasing interest. An integrative passive sampling system has been developed which consists of a solid poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) material (tube or rod), acting as hydrophobic organic receiving phase, enclosed in a water-filled or an air-filled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) membrane tubing. These samplers enable the direct analysis of the pollutants accumulated during exposure in the receiving phase by thermodesorption–GC/MS, avoiding expensive sample preparation and cleanups. The capabilities of these sampling devices were studied for the sampling of 20 persistent organic pollutants (chlorobenzenes, hexachlorocyclohexanes, p,p′-DDE, PAHs, and PCBs) in laboratory exposure experiments. For the three sampler designs investigated the uptake of all target analytes was integrative over exposure periods up to 9 days (except PCB 101). The determined sampling rates range from 4 to 1340 µl h−1 for the water-filled samplers and from 20 to 6360 µl h−1 for the air-filled ones, respectively. The sampling rate of the analytes is dependent on their molecular weight, partition between water and sampler media (PDMS, polyethylene, water, air) and also of the sampler design. The passive samplers enable the estimation of time-weighted average (TWA) concentration of water pollutants in the lower ng l−1 to pg l−1 range.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B303497F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Mar 2003
Accepted
10 Jul 2003
First published
01 Aug 2003

J. Environ. Monit., 2003,5, 813-822

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Development of an integrative passive sampler for the monitoring of organic water pollutants

L. Wennrich, B. Vrana, P. Popp and W. Lorenz, J. Environ. Monit., 2003, 5, 813 DOI: 10.1039/B303497F

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