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Main Title Development of a portable device to collect sulfuric acid aerosol : final report /
Author Miller, Herbert C. ; Mason, David W. ; Barrett, William J.
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Author Title of a Work
Mason, David W.
Barrett, William J.
Krost, Kenneth J.
CORP Author Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher Environmental Science Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA 600/2-80/087; EPA-68-02-2468; PB80205198
Stock Number PB80-205198
OCLC Number 38314863
Subjects Sulfuric acid ; Aerosols ; Air--Pollution--Measurement ; Pollution control equipment ; Sulphuric acid
Additional Subjects Sulfuric acid ; Chemical analysis ; Aerosols ; Filters ; Portable equipment ; Field tests ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Particles ; Sampling ; Flame photometry ; Design ; Performance evaluation ; Exhaust emission ; Electric power plants ; Concentration(Composition) ; Air pollution detection
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101KSQY.PDF
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EHAM  EPA 600/2-80/087 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-2-80-087 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/01/2016
EKBD  EPA-600/2-80-087 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 11/16/2016
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-80-087 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-80-087 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-205198 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xi, 87 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A quantitative, interference-free method for collecting sulfuric acid aerosol on a filter was developed and field tested. Since previous research found that severe losses of sulfuric aicd were caused by ammonia, ambient particulate material, and other interferents, a method was needed that converts sulfuric acid to a stable derivative for subsequent analysis. Methods evaluated for direct fixation of sulfuric acid aerosol were not found to be selective. Therefore, a sampling method was investigated that uses a combination of selective volatilization of the sulfuric acid, prefiltration of particulate interferents, and derivatization of the vaporized acid on an alkali-impregnated filter. Research on the volatilization, prefiltration, and derivatization technique, and the development and field evaluation of a prototype sampler based on this technique are described.
Notes
EPA contract no. 68-02-2468, EPA project officer: Kenneth J. Krost. "EPA-600/2-80-087." Includes bibliographical references. "SORI-EAS-77-731."