Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in size-segregated particulate matter from six urban sites in Europe

PAH Concentrations Inside a Wood Processing Plant and the Indoor Effects of Outdoor Industrial Emissions

“…Usually, fine and coarse particles come from different sources and their PAH contents (PAH profiles) entirely differ [19,20,22]. The similarity of the profiles would not be surprising if the PM 4 mass shares in TSP were very high, but in the sawmill they were not, except for PM at P1.…”

“…The residual doubts were removed by computing the values of diagnostic ratios (proportions of particular PAH concentrations [8,20,[22][23][24][25][26]), which matched the values of such ratios for PAHs from coal combustion and coking ( Table 2).…”

Hazardous Compounds in Urban Pm in the Central Part of Upper Silesia (Poland) in Winter

“…Nevertheless, the greatest concentrations of PM 2.5 -related BaP and ΣPAH occur in Poland (Zabrze and Bytom, Upper Silesia). In other European cities, at the sites beyond the effect of vehicular and industrial emissions like in Zabrze, the concentrations of PM 2.5 -related BaP were from 0.33 ng m -3 in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to 48.00 ng m -3 in Prague, (the Czech Republic) [52]. In Zabrze these concentrations were several times higher.…”

Analytical Methodologies for the Control of Particle-Phase Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds from Diesel Engine Exhaust

“…Diagnostic ratios should be used with caution; the reactivity of some PAH species with other atmospheric species, such as ozone and/or oxides of nitrogen can change the diagnostic ratio [36][37][38][39][40]. The difference in chemical reactivity, volatility and solubility of PAH species may also introduce bias but to minimise this error, diagnostic ratios obtained from PAHs that have similar physico-chemical properties is mainly used [28].…”

“…The difference in chemical reactivity, volatility and solubility of PAH species may also introduce bias but to minimise this error, diagnostic ratios obtained from PAHs that have similar physico-chemical properties is mainly used [28]. Regardless, vehicular emissions were shown to be a major source of PAHs, whether the diagnostic ratios were coupled or not with principle component analysis, and irrespective of the region or season involved; moreover, studies indicated that diesel exhausts were the largest source of PAHs and nitro-PAHs, compared with the emissions of the other vehicles [39][40][41][42].…”