Journal
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Volume 101, Issue 3, Pages 631-639Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.04.010
Keywords
NPAHs; PAHs; CG/ECD; Mobile sources; Traffic; Diesel
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- CNPq
- Fapergs
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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate six nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) in fine (<2.5 mu m) and coarse (2.5-10 mu m) atmospheric particles in an urban and industrial area located in the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre (MAPA), RS, Brazil. The method used was of NPAHs isolation and derivatization, and subsequent gas chromatography by electron capture detection (CG/ECD). Results revealed a higher concentration of NPAHs, especially 3-nitrofluoranthene and 1-nitropyrene, in fine particles in the sampling sites studied within the MAPA. The diagnostic ratios calculated for PAHs and NPAHs identified the influence of heavy traffic, mainly of diesel emissions. The correlation of NPAHs with other pollutants (NOx, NO2, NO and O-3) evidence the influence of vehicular emissions in the MAPA. The seasonal variation evidenced higher NPAHs concentrations in the fine particles during winter for most compounds studied. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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