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Proportions of volatile hazardous hydrocarbons in vehicle-polluted urban air

1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0045-6535(92)90387-7

ISSN

1879-1298

Autores

Lars Löfgren, Göran Petersson,

Tópico(s)

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Resumo

Hydrocarbons of particular toxicological interest were determined in Scandinavian urban air as their fraction of total hydrocarbons except methane. Samples were taken on triple-layer adsorbent cartridges and the C2-C8 hydrocarbons were analyzed by gas chromatography on an Al2O3/KCl column. The approximate ratios 10:4:1 were observed for ethene, propene and butadiene. The proportion of these combustion-derived alkenes was low for cold starts, and highest for fast traffic.

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