title: Volatile Profiles of Emissions from Different Activities Analyzed Using Canister Samplers and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Analysis: A Case Study.
abstract: The objective of present study was to identify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from several sources (fuels, traffic, landfills, coffee roasting, a street-food laboratory, building work, indoor use of incense and candles, a dental laboratory, etc.) located in Palermo (Italy) by using canister autosamplers and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique. In this study, 181 VOCs were monitored. In the atmosphere of Palermo city, propane, butane, isopentane, methyl pentane, hexane, benzene, toluene, meta- and para-xylene, 1,2,4 trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5 trimethyl benzene, ethylbenzene, 4 ethyl toluene and heptane were identified and quantified in all sampling sites.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche. Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy. santino.orecchio@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Santino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orecchio
authors.affiliation: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Sicilia, Corso Calatafimi 219, 90129 Palermo, Italy. mfiore@arpa.sicilia.it.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiore
authors.affiliation: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Lombardia, 20100 Milano, Italy. salvatore.barreca@unipa.it.|Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (Iemest), 90128 Palermo, Italy. salvatore.barreca@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barreca
authors.affiliation: Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Sicilia, Corso Calatafimi 219, 90129 Palermo, Italy. gabrielevara@libero.it.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vara
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000737:chemistry*; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D007558:Italy; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds
keywords: Palermo; canister; indoor; volatile organic compounds (VOCs)