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Main Title Development of a portable device to collect sulfuric acid aerosol : interim report /
Author Barrett, William J. ; Miller, Herbert C. ; Smith, Jr., Josiah E. ; Gwin., Christina H.
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Author Title of a Work
Barrett, William J.
Krost, Kenneth J.
CORP Author Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, Ala.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/2-77-027; SORI-EAS-76-397; 3533-12; EPA-68-02-2234
Stock Number PB-264 257
OCLC Number 52499732
Additional Subjects Sulfuric acid ; Gas analysis ; Filters ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Aerosols ; Particles ; Chemical analysis ; Teflon ; Solvent extraction ; Exhaust emissions ; Automobiles ; Flame photometry ; Experimental design ; Volumetric analysis ; Laboratory equipment ; Particle size ; Concentration(Composition) ; Coal ; Electric power plants ; Air pollution detection
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EKBD  EPA-600/2-77-027 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/27/2003
NTIS  PB-264 257 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 59 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of possible atmospheric interferents on the quantitative collection of sulfuric acid aerosol on a filter. Sulfuric acid aerosol was generated in the laboratory with a flame atomizer and collected on Teflon filters. The filters were exposed to potential gas and vapor interferents and to particulate interferents during, before, or after the collection of the sulfuric acid. Measurements of sulfuric acid were made by an acid-base indicator method or by extraction with benzaldehyde and titration. Also, sulfur evolved on heating the filters was measured by the flame photometric method. Ammonia, particulate calcium carbonate, and ambient particulate material (collected near a busy street) caused severe losses of sulfuric acid; particulate ferric oxide and silicate clay caused an intermediate loss; pyridine and phenol vapors, particulate fly ash, and soot caused little or no loss; and sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide had no effect (in the absence of other materials).
Notes
Project Officer: Kenneth J. Krost. "February 1977." "EPA-600/2-77-027." Includes bibliographical references (p. 58) Southern Research Institute