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DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL STANDARDS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PRESENT IN PM2.5
Citation:
Sheesley, R. J., J. J. Schauer, N D. Smith*, AND M D. Hays**. DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL STANDARDS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PRESENT IN PM2.5. Presented at AWMA Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 6/18-22/2000.
Description:
The paper discusses the development of analytical standards for the analysis of organic compounds present in particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters < 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5). The methods and analytical standards described in the paper are designed to be implemented in a broad range of laboratories in a manner that quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) can be readily monitored and evaluated. (NOTE: Organic compounds present in PM 2.5 have been proposed as a possible factor contributing to the observed positive association between human exposure to PM2.5 and adverse health effects. Studies investigating organic compounds as possible causative factors are significantly enhanced with analytical data that speciate the organic compounds present in the particulate matter (PM). Due to the increasing interest in suck health effects studies, along with the interest in recently developed PM2.5 apportionment models that use organic compounds as tracers, there is an increasing demand for analytical laboratories to quantify particle-phase organic compounds present in atmospheric PM samples. To ensure that these analytical efforts produce quality data that are consistent with parallel efforts in other laboratories, there exists a great need to conduct interlaboratory comparisons for the analysis of organic compounds present in PM2.5 samples).