Simultaneous determination of gaseous and particulate chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in emissions from the scorching of polyvinylidene chloride film.
An analytical method for the determination of gaseous and particulate chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (ClPAHs) was investigated. By means of this method, concentrations and isomer profiles of the 27 target ClPAHs could be analyzed. To evaluate the usefulness of the method for analyzing ClPAH emissions, laboratory-scale scorching tests were performed on polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) plastic wrap over a flame of the gas burner. Only seven of the target ClPAHs were detected, and all compounds detected had 2, 3, or 4 rings. The detected ClPAHs were present in both the particulate phase and the gaseous phase, but they were present at higher concentrations in the gaseous phase than in the particulate phase. Relationships between the number of chlorine substituents on the naphthalene/phenanthrene rings and the overall concentration and the percentage in the particulate phase were also investigated.
Fujima
Shohoko
S
Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
Ohura
Takeshi
T
Amagai
Takashi
T
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry
D000393:Air Pollutants; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C029547:polyvinylidene chloride; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride