Advances in passive sampling in environmental studies

A Kot-Wasik, B Zabiegała, M Urbanowicz… - Analytica chimica …, 2007 - Elsevier
Passive sampling is based on the phenomenon of mass transport due to the difference
between chemical potentials of analytes in a given environmental compartment and the …

Spatial and temporal variation of BTEX in the urban atmosphere of Delhi, India

RR Hoque, PS Khillare, T Agarwal, V Shridhar… - Science of the total …, 2008 - Elsevier
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) form an important group of aromatic
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) because of their role in the tropospheric chemistry and …

Seasonal variation of VOC concentrations above a boreal coniferous forest

H Hakola, V Tarvainen, T Laurila, V Hiltunen… - Atmospheric …, 2003 - Elsevier
Biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in ambient air were measured in
Central Finland from April 2000 to April 2002. The concentrations of isoprene increased in …

Ambient air analysis of volatile organic compounds using adsorptive enrichment

K Dettmer, W Engewald - Chromatographia, 2003 - Springer
This review summarizes a presentation on ambient air analysis of volatile organic
compounds given at the “Trace enrichment for GC and HPLC analysis” workshop at the …

Ambient air levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in a medium size city in Northern Spain

MA Parra, D Elustondo, R Bermejo… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ambient concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
were measured by means of passive sampling at 40 sampling points in a medium-size city …

Levels and sources of BTEX in ambient air of Ahvaz metropolitan city

HD Rad, AA Babaei, G Goudarzi, KA Angali… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2014 - Springer
The benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds are categorized as
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that may contribute to the formation of ground-level …

In the dark shadow of the supercycle tailings failure risk & public liability reach all time highs

LN Bowker, DM Chambers - Environments, 2017 - mdpi.com
This is the third in a series of independent research papers attempting to improve the quality
of descriptive data and analysis of tailings facility failures globally focusing on the relative …

Measurement of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethybenzene, and xylene) levels at urban and semirural areas of Algiers City using passive air samplers

Y Kerchich, R Kerbachi - Journal of the Air & Waste Management …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The study presents the levels of air pollution by aromatic organic compounds BTEX
(benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-, m-, and p-xylenes) in the city of Algiers. The sampling …

Importance of monoterpenes and isoprene in urban air in northern Europe

H Hellén, T Tykkä, H Hakola - Atmospheric Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
The sources, concentration levels and potential effects of isoprene and the monoterpenes
on local atmospheric chemistry were studied in urban background air in Helsinki, Finland …

Influence of residential wood combustion on local air quality

H Hellén, H Hakola, S Haaparanta, H Pietarila… - Science of the total …, 2008 - Elsevier
The importance of wood combustion to local air quality was estimated by measuring different
air pollutants and conducting chemical mass balance modelling. PM10, PM2. 5, PAHs and …