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Main Title Evaluation of Polyurethane Foam for Sampling of Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in Ambient Air.
Author Lewis, Robert G. ; Brown, Alan R. ; Jackson., Merrill D. ;
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Environmental Toxicology Div.
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/600/J-77/106;
Stock Number PB-278 382
Additional Subjects Polyurethane resins ; Foam ; Samplers ; Pesticides ; Particles ; Filtration ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Air pollution ; Extraction ; Laboratory equipment ; Gas chromatography ; Chemical analysis ; Reprints ; Air pollution detection ; Polychlorinated biphenyls ; Polychlorinated naphthalenes
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NTIS  PB-278 382 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Polyurethane foam has been evaluated for use in a high-volume air sampler to collect a broad spectrum of pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). The sampler draws air through a glass module equipped with a particulate filter and a polyurethane foam vapor trap at flow rates which can be controlled from 100 to 250 L/min. Up to 300 cu m of air can be sampled in a 24-hour day, providing theoretical detection limits of less than 0.1 ng/cu m for some individual compounds. Extraction and clean-up methodology for gas chromatographic analysis are uncomplicated. Collection efficiencies have been determined for several organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides, PCBs and PCNs. (Copyright (c) 1977 by the American Chemical Society.)