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Airborne Particulates (airborne + particulate)
Selected AbstractsA standardless X-ray diffraction method for the quantitative analysis of multiphase mixtures.JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Issue 5 2002In 1987, Rius, Plana & Palanques [J. Appl. Cryst. (1987), 20, 457,460] devised an X-ray powder diffraction method based on the `least-squares' determination of calibration constants using only the diffracted intensities and the calculated absorption coefficients of the components. This method was developed for `infinitely thick' samples, a condition which is seldom met by airborne particulates because of the small amount of material normally available. Since the analysis of such samples may become one of the principal applications of the method, this condition represents a serious limitation. The simplest way to overcome this limitation is by correcting the measured intensities. This can be done either by direct measurement of the sample transmission, or alternatively, by using refined transmission values. In the latter case no experimental values are necessary. With the help of some test calculations, the viability of both possibilities has been explored. [source] Comparison of two capillary electrophoresis online stacking modes by analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulatesJOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE, JSS, Issue 13 2006Guan-Qun Song Abstract Naphthalene, fluorene, pyrene, anthracene, phenanthrene, and chrysene were successfully separated by CD-modified MEKC (CD-MEKC) using 20 mM borate (pH 9.0) containing 90 mM SDS and 75 mM ,-CD. Two online stacking methods, i. e., sweeping and field-enhanced sample injection (FESI), were explored to enhance the detection sensitivity. The influences of some crucial parameters in sweeping and FESI procedures were investigated. For FESI method, a plug of water and low-conductivity sample matrix was used to increase the stacking efficiency. Compared with the sweeping method, FESI can increase the sensitivity in the range of 10,20-fold. The proposed method was used for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates. [source] Determination of refractory elements in atmospheric particulates using slurry sampling electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with polyvinylidene fluoride as chemical modifierRAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, Issue 14 2006Yuefei Zhang Electrothermal vaporization (ETV) inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as chemical modifier are critically compared for the determination of refractory elements in coal fly ash and airborne particulates. The atmospheric particulates that collected on a PVDF filter were introduced into the graphite furnace in the form of a slurry by dissolving the filter in dimethylformamide, and the dissolved filter PVDF, along with additional added PVDF powder, was used as a chemical modifier for subsequent ETV-ICP-OES and ETV-ICP-MS determination. The vaporization behaviors of analytes (Ti, Zr, V, Mo, Cr, La) in ETV-ICP-OES/MS were studied in detail, and the optimal ETV operating parameters were obtained. Under the optimized operating conditions, the detection limits of target elements were 0.08,2.7,ng,m,3 for ETV-ICP-OES and 0.5,50,pg,m,3 for ETV-ICP-MS, respectively, with analytical precisions of 3.5,7.3% for ETV-ICP-OES and 3.9,9.6% for ETV-ICP-MS, respectively. The tolerable amounts of matrix elements for ETV-ICP-OES are higher than for ETV-ICP-MS. Both ETV-ICP-OES and ETV-ICP-MS were used to directly determine the trace refractory elements in coal fly ash and airborne particulates and the analytical results are comparable. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||