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Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Prokeš, Roman; Kukučka, Petr; Klánová, Jana
Environmental pollution (1987), October 2016, 2016-Oct, 2016-10-00, 20161001, Volume: 217Journal Article
The effects of sampling artifacts are often not fully considered in the design of air monitoring with active air samplers. Semivolatile organic contaminants (SVOCs) are particularly vulnerable to a range of sampling artifacts because of their wide range of gas-particle partitioning and degradation rates, and these can lead to erroneous measurements of air concentrations and a lack of comparability between sites with different environmental and sampling conditions. This study used specially adapted filter-sorbent sampling trains in three types of active air samplers to investigate breakthrough of SVOCs, and the possibility of other sampling artifacts. Breakthrough volumes were experimentally determined for a range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sampling volumes from 300 to 10,000 m3, and sampling durations of 1–7 days. In parallel, breakthrough was estimated based on theoretical sorbent-vapor pressure relationships. The comparison of measured and theoretical determinations of breakthrough demonstrated good agreement between experimental and estimated breakthrough volumes, and showed that theoretical breakthrough estimates should be used when developing air monitoring protocols. Significant breakthrough in active air samplers occurred for compounds with vapor pressure >0.5 Pa at volumes <700 m3. Sample volumes between 700 and 10,000 m3 may lead to breakthrough for compounds with vapor pressures between 0.005 and 0.5 Pa. Breakthrough is largely driven by sample volume and compound volatility (therefore indirectly by temperature) and is independent of sampler type. The presence of significant breakthrough at “typical” sampling conditions is relevant for air monitoring networks, and may lead to under-reporting of more volatile SVOCs. Display omitted •Good agreement between experimental and estimated breakthrough volumes.•Breakthrough for SVOCs with vapor pressure >0.5 Pa at volumes <700 m3.•Breakthrough controlled by air volume and compound volatility (related to temperature).•Breakthrough in monitoring networks may lead to under-reporting of more volatile SVOCs. Breakthrough is an overlooked issue when performing active air sampling of POPs that should be taken into consideration when comparing data for volatile POPs.
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