TY - JOUR
T1 - On the measurement of PANs by gas chromatography and electron capture detection
AU - Flocke, Frank M.
AU - Weinheimer, Andrew J.
AU - Swanson, Aaron L.
AU - Roberts, James M.
AU - Schmitt, Rainer
AU - Shertz, Stephen
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - A fast, automated, gas chromatographic system for the airborne measurement of PAN and a series of its homologues is described and its performance is evaluated. Response factors for PAN, PPN, APAN, PiBN, and MPAN have been determined and are discussed with regard to ECD response and to potential losses in the analytical system. Calibration methods used for these tasks are described and compared. The results from this work should help investigators who are employing the widely used GC/ECD method for the measurement of peroxyacyl nitrates to evaluate peaks of PAN homologues that cannot be calibrated for by using the reported response factors.
AB - A fast, automated, gas chromatographic system for the airborne measurement of PAN and a series of its homologues is described and its performance is evaluated. Response factors for PAN, PPN, APAN, PiBN, and MPAN have been determined and are discussed with regard to ECD response and to potential losses in the analytical system. Calibration methods used for these tasks are described and compared. The results from this work should help investigators who are employing the widely used GC/ECD method for the measurement of peroxyacyl nitrates to evaluate peaks of PAN homologues that cannot be calibrated for by using the reported response factors.
KW - Air pollution
KW - Atmospheric chemistry
KW - Gas chromatography
KW - Peroxyacetyl nitrate
KW - Peroxyacyl nitrates
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/27744448617
U2 - 10.1007/s10874-005-6772-0
DO - 10.1007/s10874-005-6772-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27744448617
SN - 0167-7764
VL - 52
SP - 19
EP - 43
JO - Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
JF - Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -