title: Chemical transformations of alcohols sampled with the use of adsorptive enrichment on the carbon adsorbent traps followed by thermal desorption.
abstract: Graphitized carbons, Carbopack X, Carbograph 5TD and Carbotrap B, used to enrich samples of C(3)-C(4) alcohols determined in the atmospheric air produce experimental artefacts. After thermal desorption, recoveries for alcohols are much smaller than unity with a concomitant appearance of aldehydes and ketones on chromatograms. Obviously, the adsorbents studied cannot be recommended for analysis of alcohols, ketones and aldehydes in the atmosphere. Polymeric adsorbents, Tenax TA and Chromosorb 106, do not exhibit such oxidative properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland. gierczak@chem.uw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kornacki
authors.forename: Patrycja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fastyn
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gawlowski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierczak
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niedzielski
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D016477:Artifacts; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000438:Alcohols; D002244:Carbon