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Main Title Sampling and analysis of butadiene at a synthetic rubber plant /
Author Goodrich, J. D. ; DeWees, W. G. ; Segall, R. R.
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DeWees, William.
Segall, Robin R.
CORP Author Entropy Environmentalists, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory,
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA-68-02-4442; EPA/600/3-89/004
Stock Number PB89-151534
Subjects Butadiene--Analysis ; Air--Pollution--Research--North Carolina ; Rubber, Artificial--Environmental aspects--North Carolina
Additional Subjects Butadienes ; Industrial wastes ; Exhaust gases ; Synthetic elastomers ; Butyl rubber ; Industrial plants ; Air pollution sampling ; Chemical analysis ; Gas chromatography ; Public health ; Air toxic substances
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NTIS  PB89-151534 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 54 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Butadiene emission samples were collected from the process vent stream of a plant manufacturing synthetic rubber from styrene and butadiene. On-site analysis of samples was performed using a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. The precision of butadiene concentrations was determined from simultaneous samples collected at a nominal sampling rate of 0.050 L/min, rather than at the recommended sampling rate of 0.5 L/min. In addition, simultaneous samples were collected at both 0.20 L/min and 0.050 L/min and analyzed to determine if the mean values or precisions of the measured concentrations were influenced by the sampling rate. Acceptable precision was observed at both sampling rates, and the mean values and precisions of butadiene levels determined were statistically equal for simultaneous samples.
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Caption title. "Jan.1989." "EPA/600/3-89/004." Microfiche.