title: Source identification of urban airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by gas chromatographic mass spectrometry and high resolution mass spectrometry.
abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed during the combustion of three common fuels (coal, wood and kerosene) were separated and identified by capillary-column gas chromatographic mass spectrometry and were compared to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from Indianapolis, a high coal consuming area, and Boston, a low coal consuming area. High resolution mass spectral data were utilized in the construction of alkyl homolog plots for the comparison of alkyl distribution within each sample.
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis; D001900:Boston; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis; D007196:Indiana; D007648:Kerosene / Q000032:analysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D007648:Kerosene; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds