title: Fullerenes-extracted soot: a new adsorbent for collecting volatile organic compounds in ambient air.
abstract: Fullerenes-extracted soot (FES) is the by-product of fullerenes production. Retention characteristics at different temperatures for 17 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on FES are measured. The adsorption and desorption efficiencies for VOCs on FES adsorbent tubes range from 40.8 to 117%, most of them being 100+/-20%. The values are compared with Tenax GR, an adsorbent commonly used in environmental analysis. FES can be used as an adsorbent of low cost to collect VOCs in environmental samples.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D002244:Carbon