title: A new device for formaldehyde and total aldehydes real-time monitoring.
abstract: A new sensitive technique for the quantification of formaldehyde (HCHO) and total aldehydes has been developed in order to monitor these compounds, which are known to be involved in air quality issues and to have health impacts. Our approach is based on a colorimetric method where aldehydes are initially stripped from the air into a scrubbing solution by means of a turning coil sampler tube and then derivatised with 3-methylbenzothiazolinone-2-hydrazone in acid media (pH = -0.5). Hence, colourless aldehydes are transformed into blue dyes that are detected by UV-visible spectroscopy at 630 nm. Liquid core waveguide LCW Teflon® AF-2400 tube was used as innovative optical cells providing a HCHO detection limit of 4 pptv for 100 cm optical path with a time resolution of 15 min. This instrument showed good correlation with commonly used techniques for aldehydes analysis such as DNPH derivatisation chromatographic techniques with off-line and on-line samplers, and DOAS techniques (with deviation below 6%) for both indoor and outdoor conditions. This instrument is associated with simplicity and low cost, which is a prerequisite for indoor monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Université Lyon 1; CNRS, UMR5256, IRCELYON, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l'Environnement de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sassine
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Picquet-Varrault
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perraudin
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiappini
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Doussin
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D005557:Formaldehyde
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