Measurement of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds at Three Locations in New Jersey during the Summer Season

Harkov, Ronald; Kebbekus, Barbara B.; Bozzelli, Joseph W.; Lioy, Paul J.

doi:10.1080/00022470.1983.10465709

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“…Benzene was chosen as the numerator in these ratios to give ratios larger than one. The level of atmospheric benzene in urban areas is usually lower than that of toluene (Harkov et al, 1983;Roberts et al, 1984;Wathne, 1983;and references therein) so the ratio of benzene to toluene is lower than one in such samples, with the exception of one ratio of 1.4 reported by Grob and Grob (1971). The average ratio is about 0.5 which agrees with our measurement of 0.5 for the benzene-to-toluene ratio in a small parking lot in Pullman, Washington (Nutmagul et al, 1983).…”

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Determination of selected atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons at remote continental and oceanic locations using photoionization/flame-ionization detection

Nutmagul

Cronn

1985

J Atmos Chem

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A new gas chromatographic technique with a modified photoionization detector connected in series with a conventional flame ionization detector was used to determine low concentrations of atmospheric hydrocarbons in remote atmospheres. Average mixing ratios of five aromatic hydrocarbons measured between 42°N and 30°S latitude in the Pacific Ocean in October/November 1983 were highest in the Northern Hemisphere. The average mixing ratios in the northern and southern marine atmospheres were 49-+ 25 ppt (n = 35) and 10-+ 2 ppt (n = 21) for benzene, 20 + -12ppt (n = 32) and 5.6 -+ 1.6 ppt (n = 12) for toluene, 7.6 -+ 3.7 ppt (n = 35) and 3.7 -+ 1.6 ppt (n = 21) for ethylbenzene, 25 -+ 12 ppt (n --35) and 13 +-5 ppt (n = 20) for the sum of m-and p-xylenes, and 14 ± 6 ppt (n = 35) and 6.6 +-3.0 ppt (n = 21) for o-xylene, respectively. The first latitudinal gradients for these five aromatic compounds are reported. Benzene and toluene mixing ratios measured between July 1982 and October 1983 at a rural, mid-latitude continental site in eastern Washington state gave average values of 226 +-108 ppt and 133 +-84 ppt, respectively, with higher wintertime than summertime benzene levels. These continental samples gave calculated air mass ages averaging six days based on benzene-to-toluene ratios.

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Determination of selected atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons at remote continental and oceanic locations using photoionization/flame-ionization detection

Nutmagul

Cronn

1985

J Atmos Chem

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“…In this study, the MTBE-BTEX ratio means the ratios between MTBE, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (m,p-xylene + o-xylene) concentrations based on the normalization by minimum level. The average MTBE-BTEX ratios of Nei-Pu, Ping-Tung, Ping-Nan, Ren-Wu, Lin-Yuan and Nan-Zi were ( [33]. The difference in BTEX ratios between this work and those above studies demonstrates that difference between the sources in the different sample areas.…”

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Ambient BTEX and MTBE in the neighborhoods of different industrial parks in Southern Taiwan

Hsieh

Yang

Chen

2006

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…In recent years, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC) have been measured in many urban areas (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). These studies have documented that certain VOC are ubiquitous components of the urban atmosphere.…”

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Monitoring volatile organic compounds at hazardous and sanitary landfills in New Jersey

Harkov

Gianti

Bozzelli

et al. 1985

Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environme

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The Office of Science and Research (OSR) initiated a project to monitor ambient air for volatile organic compounds (VOC) at six abandoned hazardous waste sites and one sanitary landfill in New Jersey. In the past, assessment of VOC emanating from hazardous waste sites received little attention as a major source of exposure to toxic materials. The objective of the present study was to attempt to characterize the variability and impact of levels of VOC near the selected locations. The sites chosen for this study represent a cross-section of abandoned sites in New Jersey. At each site, VOC were collected using low flow (10-15ml/min) samplers for 24 hr/day for three consecutive days. The cartridges contained Tenax-GC and were thermally desorbed and analyzed by capillary-column GC using FID and ECD. Mass spectrometry was conducted on all samples. The results for 26 selected VOC are reported and are compared with the large OSR data set on background VOC levels in urban areas in New Jersey. 491

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Measurement of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds at Three Locations in New Jersey during the Summer Season

Cited by 39 publications

References 12 publications

Determination of selected atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons at remote continental and oceanic locations using photoionization/flame-ionization detection

Determination of selected atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons at remote continental and oceanic locations using photoionization/flame-ionization detection

Ambient BTEX and MTBE in the neighborhoods of different industrial parks in Southern Taiwan

Monitoring volatile organic compounds at hazardous and sanitary landfills in New Jersey

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