Title

Determination of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds in an Indoor Environment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-1996

Publication Title

Indoor and Built Environment

Abstract

Evaluation of the quality of indoor air for 13 dwellings in the Tricity area Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia of Poland was carried out by measuring the concentrations of selected volatile organic compounds: benzene, toluene, butyl acetate, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, styrene and m-dichlorobenzene. Two different techniques were used for the isolation and preconcentration of analytes from air samples: a passive method employing a home-made permeation-type passive sampler, and a dynamic method based on a sorption tube. In both cases activated charcoal was used as a sorption medium (packing of traps). It was found that for the majority of the examined analytes the mandated values of maximum allowable concentrations were not exceeded, and that benzene was not detected in any of the investigated dwellings. No significant differences were observed between the daily concentrations (as determined by the dynamic method) and the time-weighted average concentrations (determined by the passive method).

Volume

5

Issue

4

First Page

2122

Last Page

218

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1420326X9600500404

ISSN

1420-326X

Comments

ESSN: 1423-0070

Rights

© 1995 SAGE Publications

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