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DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.046
Title (Primary) Comparative application of solid-phase microextraction fibre assemblies and semi-permeable membrane devices as passive air samplers for semi-volatile chlorinated organic compounds. A case study on the landfill "Grube Antonie" in Bitterfeld, Germany
Author Paschke, A.; Vrana, B.; Popp, P.; Schüürmann, G.
Source Titel Environmental Pollution
Year 2006
Department OEC; ANA
Volume 144
Issue 2
Page From 414
Page To 422
Language englisch
Keywords Solid-phase microextraction (SPME); Semi-permeable membrane device (SPMD); Passive sampling; Chlorobenzenes; Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers; DDT
Abstract Solid phase microextraction (SPME) fibres coated with Carbowax/divinylbenzene and semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs) of standard configuration were used to obtain time-weighted average (TWA) field air concentrations of selected chlorinated semi-volatile compounds on a landfill, where large amounts of lindane by-products were deposited, together with other hazardous chemical residues in the past. Additionally, spot sampling with SPME fibres was performed to identify the emission hotspot and sampling rates were determined/predicted for the substances of interest. Both samplers yield comparable TWA air concentrations of lindane and its isomers and of DDT with its metabolites and gain in certainty about the landfill as remaining source of air pollution with these compounds in the region. Both SPME fibres and SPMDs (respective their modifications) can be recommended as sampling tools in process studies and larger air monitoring programmes. However, further calibration studies and field tests are necessary to obtain reliable sampling rates for a wider range of semi-volatile compounds.
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Paschke, A., Vrana, B., Popp, P., Schüürmann, G. (2006):
Comparative application of solid-phase microextraction fibre assemblies and semi-permeable membrane devices as passive air samplers for semi-volatile chlorinated organic compounds. A case study on the landfill "Grube Antonie" in Bitterfeld, Germany
Environ. Pollut. 144 (2), 414 - 422 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.046