title: Calibration of the Chemcatcher passive sampler for the monitoring of priority organic pollutants in water.
abstract: An integrative passive sampler consisting of a C18 Empore disk receiving phase saturated with n-octanol and fitted with low-density polyethylene diffusion membrane was calibrated for the measurement of time-weighted average concentrations of hydrophobic micropollutants, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides, in water. The effect of temperature and water turbulence on kinetic and thermodynamic parameters characterising the exchange of analytes between the sampler and water was studied in a flow-through system under controlled conditions. It was found that the absorption of test analytes from water to the sampler is related to their desorption to water. This allows for the in situ calibration of the uptake of pollutants using offload kinetics of performance reference compounds. The sampling kinetics are dependent on temperature, and for most of the tested analytes also on the flow velocity. Sampler-water partition coefficients did not significantly change with temperature.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, UK. bran.vrana@port.ac.uk
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vrana
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dominiak
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004058:Diffusion; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical