title: SPME sampling of BTEX before GC/MS analysis: examples of outdoor and indoor air quality measurements in public and private sites.
abstract: This article presents the results of an exploratory application of the Solid Phase MicroExtraction (SPME) technique to the analysis of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) at the microg/m3 level in outdoor and indoor air. The salient features of the method validation are reported. As shown by the various examples of field sampling described, SPME technique appears as a method of choice for fast qualitative analysis and quantitative determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). The small dimensions of the SPME sampling system and the short sampling time let envisage its utilisation for the rapid diagnostic of outdoor and indoor air quality.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Radiochimie, Sciences Analytiques et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Simonetta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tumbiolo
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.forename: Pierre-Charles
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Maria
authors.forename: Orfeo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zerbinati
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives