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http://dx.doi.org/10.5572/KOSAE.2007.23.6.734

Estimation of Air Concentrations of PCBs using Passive Air Samplers (PAS) and a Gas/particle Partition Model  

Baek, Song-Yee (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH))
Choi, Sung-Deuk (Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough)
Chang, Yoon-Seok (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH))
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Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment / v.23, no.6, 2007 , pp. 734-743 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polyurethane foam-disk passive air samplers (PAS) were deployed in a southern area of Korea for three months. The target compounds were 12 coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The congener profiles measured in this study were the same as those in ambient air and emission gas from the incinerator. A gradient of the total PCBs in different regions (industrial>residential>rural) was observed, suggesting the industrial complex may be an important source of coplanar PCBs. In general, only gas-phase compounds are mainly sequestrated by PAS. In order to estimate the concentration of particle-phase PCBs, a gas/particle partition model was used. A combined result (gas+particle-phase PCBs) was compared with previous results, indicating that the level of coplanar PCBs in our study area is comparable to those in other urban sites in the world. The validation of this method for estimating the total concentration is required through additional backup studies.
Keywords
Passive air sampler (PAS); Coplanar PCBs; Gas/particle partition;
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