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Research article
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06 Sep 2019
Research article |
| 06 Sep 2019
| 06 Sep 2019
Determination of n-alkanes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hopanes in atmospheric aerosol: evaluation and comparison of thermal desorption GC-MS and solvent extraction GC-MS approaches
Meng Wang
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Ru-Jin Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Junji Cao
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Wenting Dai
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Jiamao Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Chunshui Lin
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Haiyan Ni
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Jing Duan
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Ting Wang
State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG),
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061,
China
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics (KLACP), Institute of
Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Yang Chen
Key Laboratory of Reservoir Aquatic Environment of CAS, Chongqing
Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Chongqing 400714, China
Yongjie Li
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science
and Technology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau 999078, China
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution
Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking
University, Beijing 100871, China
Imad El Haddad
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Thorsten Hoffmann
Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg
University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10–14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
The analytical performances of SE-GC-MS and TD-GC-MS for the determination of n-alkanes, PAHs and hopanes were evaluated and compared. The two methods show a good agreement with a high correlation efficient (R2 > 0.98) and a slope close to unity. The concentrations of n-alkanes, PAHs and hopanes are found to be much higher in Beijing than those in Chengdu, Shanghai and Guangzhou, most likely due to emissions from coal combustion for wintertime heating in Beijing.
The analytical performances of SE-GC-MS and TD-GC-MS for the determination of n-alkanes, PAHs...
