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Main Title An experimental and modeling study of the photochemical reactivity of heatset printing oils /
Author Carter, William P. L.
CORP Author California Univ., Riverside. Statewide Air Pollution Research Center.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/3-87/033
Stock Number PB88-113253
Subjects Offset printing--Equipment and supplies--Environmental aspects ; Lubricating oils--Environmental aspects
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Offset printing ; Oils ; Photochemical reactions ; Ozone ; Volatility ; Chemical reactivity ; Ethane ; Computerized simulations ; Air pollution potential ; Air pollution standards ; Emission factors
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NTIS  PB88-113253 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A series of chamber experiments and computer model simulations were carried out to assess the atmospheric ozone formation potential of the heatset printing oils Magie-47 and Magie-470 relative to that of ethane. A representative major constituent of these oils, n-Pentadecane, was also studied. The results showed that n-pentadecane and the printing oils tend to slow down the initial rate of ozone formation in NOx-air irradiations, but they also caused higher final ozone yields in some surrogate-NOx-air experiments. The model was used to estimate the reactivities of ethane and n-pentadecane for several idealized model scenarios representing urban air pollution episodes. The predicted atmospheric reactivities of n-pentadecane and the printing oils relative to ethane were found to be highly dependent on the conditions of the model scenario. Thus, decisions on whether regulation of emissions of printing oils is beneficial in reducing atmospheric ozone must take into account the range of conditions of the air sheds into which they are emitted.
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