Characterization of solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography for the analysis of gasoline tracers in different microenvironments.
Gasoline tracers were collected on solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fibers and analyzed by capillary gas chromatography with photoionization detector (GC/PID). This was part of a larger study to quantify personal exposure to motor vehicle gasoline evaporative and combustive emissions in high-end exposure microenvironments (MEs). The SPME fiber selected for this application was a 75-microm carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane. Sequential 10-min samples were collected for measurement of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ortho-, meta-, and para-xylene in different MEs in Atlanta, GA, in summer 2002 and Reno, NV, in spring 2003. Field calibrations were performed with certified gas standards in 1-L Tedlar bags for varying concentrations and exposure times. SPME detection limits were approximately 0.2 ppbv with a precision of 3-17% and accuracy of 30%. A dynamic system was designed for temperature and relative humidity calibrations, with corrections for the effects of these variables performed when necessary. SPME data compared satisfactorily with integrated canister samples, continuous PID, and field portable mass spectrometer data.
Ceballos
Diana
D
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Zielinska
Barbara
B
Fujita
Eric
E
Sagebiel
John
J
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001554:Benzene / Q000032:analysis; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005742:Gasoline; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D009505:Nevada; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D052617:Solid Phase Microextraction; D014050:Toluene / Q000032:analysis; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000032:analysis*; D014992:Xylenes / Q000032:analysis
D000393:Air Pollutants; D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D005742:Gasoline; D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; D001554:Benzene; C004912:ethylbenzene