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The gas-phase hydrocarbons >C5 generated by motor vehicles in highway operation were surveyed in the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 1979. The samples were collected on Tenax GC polymer adsorbent and analyzed by glass-capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Approximately 400 vehicle-generated compounds were detected. Of these, over 300 were either completely or partially identified. In the various tunnel samples the same peaks are always present, with relative intensities varying according to the traffic composition. The compounds identified fall largely into homologous series of normal and branched alkanes, alkenes, and various alkyl series based on cyclopentane, cyclohexane, benzene, styrene, indan, naphthalene, and decalin. Compounds not associated with homologous series include indene, divinylbenzene, phenylacetylene, benzaldehyde, phenol, and a few halocarbons. Results from a preliminary experiment in 1977 at the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel are also reported. Table III. Exhaust Gases (D = Diesel, G = Gasoline Engine) Reported in the Literature but Not Identified at Allegheny Tunnel 1979" vehicle type ref 2,2-dimethylbutane G

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