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Main Title Demonstration/Field Study of New Designs of Automated Gas Chromatographs in Connecticut and Other Locations, 1992.
Author Holdren, M. W. ; Smith, D. L. ; Pollack, A. J. ; Pate, A. D. ;
CORP Author Battelle, Columbus, OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab.
Publisher Feb 93
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA-68-D0-0007; EPA/600/R-93/193;
Stock Number PB94-105376
Additional Subjects Air pollution monitoring ; Gas chromatography ; Field tests ; Toxic substances ; Ozone ; Nitrogen oxides ; Meteorological data ; Data collection ; Performance evaluation ; EPA Method TO-14 ; Volatile organic compounds
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NTIS  PB94-105376 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The objectives of the study were to install, test and demonstrate two automated gas chromatographic (GC) systems to state and regional EPA groups. The Dynatherm/Hewlett Packard GC system was designed for the measurement of the 41 toxic compounds listed in EPA's Compendium of Methods for Method TO-14. The second system was a Perkin Elmer GC configured for the analysis of the 55 ozone precursor compounds identified in the EPA Technical Assistance Document No. EPA/600-8-91/215. Both GC systems performed well during the field evaluations with data capture of 98 percent. A method quantitation limit (MQL) of 0.5 ppbv was obtained for most of the target compounds. In examining daily control check runs, the variation of corrected GC retention times for each instrument and detector ranged from 0.023 to 0.044 minutes.