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Main Title Polyurethane foam as trapping agent for airborne pesticides : analytical method development /
Author Adams, James D. ; Caro, Joseph H.
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Author Title of a Work
Caro, Joseph H.,
CORP Author United States. Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Ga.); Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Soil Nitrogen and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-600/4-80-008
Stock Number PB80-159502
OCLC Number 06183168
Subjects Pesticides ; Gas chromatography ; Polyurethanes
Additional Subjects Pesticides ; Gas chromatography ; Polyurethanes ; Gas analysis ; Insecticides ; Polyurethane resins ; Monitors ; Foam ; Aerosols ; Chemical analysis ; Concentration(Composition) ; Laboratory equipment ; Air pollution ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Phosphorus organic compounds ; Carbamates ; Air pollution detection ; Carbamic acid/N-methyl
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EJED  EPA 600/4-80-008 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/01/1988
EKBD  EPA-600/4-80-008 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 09/05/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-80-008 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
EMBD  EPA/600/4-80/008 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 10/27/1995
ERAD  EPA 600/4-80-008 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 10/29/2012
ESAD  EPA 600-4-80-008 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-159502 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, 77 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A method for determining levels of organochlorine, organophosphorus, and N-methyl carbamate insecticides in air was developed using 4.4 cm-diameter plugs of polyurethane foam as traps and a modified Sherma-Shafik multiresidue procedure for analysis of foam extracts. With this method, the minimum detectable air concentrations for vapors of 17 of the 18 organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides tested was 0.1 nanogram per cubic meter or less. Six carbamate pesticides did not volatilize in sufficient amounts to allow analysis. The experimental program consisted of measurements of efficiency of foams for trapping vapors and aerosols, tests of foam compression during air sampling, evaluations of extraction solvents, evaluations of techniques for extracting pesticide residues from the foams, comparisons of the performance of the ester and ether forms of polyurethane foam, evaluations of the steps in the Sherma-Shafik analytical procedure, evaluations of GLC columns and instrumental parameters, and tests of derivatization procedures for electron-capture gas chromatography of the N-methylcarbamates. A 10-cm depth of foam was found to be an efficient trap for vaporized pesticides. Five-cycle Soxhlet extraction with 1:1 hexane-acetone was the best procedure for removal of pesticides from foam plugs.
Notes
"January 1980." Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76). "Interagency agreement no. 78-D-XO449."