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Main Title Evaluation of techniques for measuring biogenic airborne sulfur compounds : Cedar Island field study 1977 /
Author McClenny, W. A. ; Shaw, R. W. ; Baumgardner, R. E. ; Braman, R. S. ; Ammons, J. M.
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Author Title of a Work
McClenny, W. A.
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;University of South Florida, Tampa. Dept. of Chemistry.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/2-79-004
Stock Number PB-290 658
OCLC Number 52543831
Additional Subjects Gas analysis ; Sulfur inorganic compounds ; Sulfur organic compounds ; Air pollution ; Chemical analysis ; Particles ; Concentration(Composition) ; Fines ; Aerosols ; X ray analysis ; X ray fluorescence ; Hydrogen sulfide ; Biological productivity ; Sampling ; Sulfur dioxide ; Air pollution detection ; Sulfide/dimethyl ; Sulfide/methyl
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91017S6V.PDF
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EHAM  EPA-600/2-79-004 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-2-79-004 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 12/27/2013
EKBD  EPA-600/2-79-004 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/04/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-79-004 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-79-004 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-290 658 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xv, 122 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Sulfur in both gaseous and particulate form has been measured near biogenic sources using new measurement techniques. The preconcentration of gaseous sulfur on gold-coated glass beads followed by desorption into a flame photometric detection for sulfur is shown to have a detection limit of 0.1-0.2 ng of sulfur and to allow for speciation of H2S, CH3SH and (CH3)2S at low parts per trillion levels. Ambient levels of NO2 and O3 were found to alter the molecular form of sulfur on the beads unless scrubbed from the sampled air. A collection technique using tandem filters is extended from earlier efforts on fine and coarse aerosol to include collection of SO2 and H2S on chemically coated filters; these filters are analyzed by X-ray fluorescence for sulfur content. Measurements of gases evolved from biogenic sources reveal H2S and (CH3)2S as primary components with significant diurnal variations. Recommendations for further instrument development are given.
Notes
"January 1979." Includes bibliographical references. "EPA-600/2-79-004."