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Main Title Analysis of organic air pollutants in the Kanawha Valley, WV and the Shenandoah Valley, VA /
Author Erickson, Mitchell D.
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Author Title of a Work
Pellizzari, Edo D.
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, PA. Region III.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III,
Year Published 1978
Report Number 68-02-2543; EPA-903/9-78-007
Stock Number PB 286141
OCLC Number 37302771
Subjects Air--Pollution--West Virginia ; Kanawha River Valley (W Va) ; Air--Pollution--Virginia ; Shenandoah River Valley (Va and W Va)
Additional Subjects Gas analysis ; Organic compounds ; West Virginia ; Virginia ; Kanawha Valley ; Shenandoah Valley ; Gas chromatography ; Mass spectroscopy ; Chemical analysis ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Particles ; Sampling ; Air pollution detection
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EJAD  EPA 903/9-78-007 Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 05/23/2008
NTIS  PB-286 141 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xii, 178 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Recently developed techniques for sampling and analysis of ambient air by GC/MS/COMP were applied to the Kanawha Valley, WV and Shenandoah Valley, VA to assess the levels of organic pollutants. Volatile and very volatile compounds were concentrated on Tenax GC and carbon sorbent cartridges, respectively, then thermally desorbed directly into the capillary column GC/MS/COMP system for analysis. Semivolatiles were collected on the electrostatic precipitator plates of a Massive Air Sampler, extracted, fractionated, and then analyzed by GC/MS/COMP. The Kanawha Valley contained a broad range of halogenated, ketone, aldehyde, ester, aromatic, aliphatic and polynuclear aromatic compounds. The Shenandoah Valley contained a narrower range of organics, but generally higher observed levels of the compounds quanitated.
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Cover title. "June 1978." Prepared under contract no. 68-02-2543, order no. 1.