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Particle-size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air in southern Spain

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The size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was determined for airborne particles from a large city with high vehicular traffic. The analytical method was optimised and validated using NIST standard reference material (SRM 1649a Urban Dust). The 16 priority PAH listed in the US-EPA were Soxhlet-extracted from filtered particulate matter and then fractionated using on-column chromatography. The aromatic fraction was quantified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Real samples of particles collected in Seville (Spain) were analysed using the validated method. Values for the total concentration of PAH in the air, as well as the concentrations of each PAH in six particle-size ranges were obtained. Values of the PAH in TSP, PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 were assessed.

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We would like to thank the “Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía” for their financial assistance when carrying out the research project in our Department, and for the grant awarded to the first author, with which he finished his Doctoral Thesis in 2003.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry “Prof. F. Pino Pérez”, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, C. Profesor García González s/n, 41012, Seville, Spain

    A. Gutiérrez-Dabán, A. J. Fernández-Espinosa, M. Ternero-Rodríguez & F. Fernández-Álvarez

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Gutiérrez-Dabán, A., Fernández-Espinosa, A.J., Ternero-Rodríguez, M. et al. Particle-size distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air in southern Spain. Anal Bioanal Chem 381, 721–736 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-004-2909-2

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