Issue 1, 2009
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Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Field comparison of passive air samplers with reference monitors for ambient volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide under week-long integrals

Shaibal Mukerjee,*a   Karen D. Oliver,b   Robert L. Seila,a   Henry H. Jacumin Jr.,b   Carry Croghan,a   E. Hunter Daughtrey Jr.,b   Lucas M. Neasc  and  Luther A. Smithb  

* Corresponding authors

a National Exposure Research Laboratory E205-02, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, USA

b Alion Science and Technology, Inc., Durham, USA

c National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, USA

Abstract

This study evaluates performance of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and volatile organic compound (VOC) passive samplers with corresponding reference monitors at two sites in the Detroit, Michigan area during the summer of 2005. Ogawa passive NO2 samplers and custom-made, re-useable Perkin-Elmer (PE) tubes with Carbopack X sorbent for VOCs were deployed under week-long sampling periods for six weeks. Precise results (5% relative standard deviation, RSD) were found for NO2 measurements from collocated Ogawa samplers. Reproducibility was also good for duplicate PE tubes for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers (BTEX species, all ≤ 6% RSD). As seen in previous studies, comparison of Ogawa NO2 samplers with reference chemiluminescence measurements suggested good agreement. Generally good agreement was also found between the PE tubes and reference methods for BTEX species.

Graphical abstract: Field comparison of passive air samplers with reference monitors for ambient volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide under week-long integrals

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B809588D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jun 2008
Accepted
23 Sep 2008
First published
08 Oct 2008

J. Environ. Monit., 2009,11, 220-227

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Field comparison of passive air samplers with reference monitors for ambient volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide under week-long integrals

S. Mukerjee, K. D. Oliver, R. L. Seila, H. H. Jacumin Jr., C. Croghan, E. H. Daughtrey Jr., L. M. Neas and L. A. Smith, J. Environ. Monit., 2009, 11, 220 DOI: 10.1039/B809588D

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