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- Title
Particle Phase Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmospheric Environment of Jinámar, Gran Canaria.
- Authors
López Cancio, José A.; Castellano, Antonio Vera; Trujillo, Rosa Navarro; Jiménez, José Corujo
- Abstract
Airborne concentrations of 8 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): fluoranthene, Flt, Pyrene, Pyr, benzo(a)anthracene, BaA, chrysene, Chr, benzo(b)fluoranthene + benzo(k)fluoranthene, B(b + k)F, benzo(a)pyrene, BaP and benzo(g,h,i)perylene, B(ghi)P, were measured in Jinámar, a small town on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain) during a 12 month period (January 1995–December 1995). Concentrations ranged between 0.613 ng m-3 for B(ghi)P and 0.040 and 0.046 ng m-3 for pyrene and chrysene. Except for BaA all PAHs occurred at lower concentrations at temperatures below 20 °C. Relative humidity seems to influence concentrations of pyrene, chrysene, benzo(b + k)fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene, also affecting the latter in a different way to the other three hydrocarbons cited.
- Subjects
POLYCYCLIC aromatic compounds; AROMATIC compounds; POLYCYCLIC compounds; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC compounds
- Publication
Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 2002, Vol 136, Issue 1-4, p93
- ISSN
0049-6979
- Publication type
Article