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author Wolschke, Hendrik
Sühring, Roxana
Mi, Wenying
Möller, Axel
Xie, Zhiyong
Ebinghaus, Ralf
author_facet Wolschke, Hendrik
Sühring, Roxana
Mi, Wenying
Möller, Axel
Xie, Zhiyong
Ebinghaus, Ralf
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents This study reports the occurrence and distribution of organophosphor esters (OPEs), used as flame retardants and plasticizer, in the marine atmosphere of the German Coast. From August 2011 to October 2012, 58 high volume air samples (gas/particle phase separately) were collected at the German North Sea coast town Büsum. With the use of a GC-MS/MS System for instrumental analysis, detection limits for OPEs in air samples could be significantly improved compared to the previously used single GC-MS method. The concentration (gas + particle phase) of total OPEs was on average 5 pg/m3, with eight of the nine investigated compounds detectable in over 50% of the samples. A focus of this investigation concerned the partioning of OPEs between the particle and the gas phase. The observed partitioning of OPEs in this study was distinguished from previous studies. While previous studies reported OPEs exclusively in the particle phase, a significant part of the sum OPE concentration (55%) was detected in the gas phase. The contribution of the gas phase even reached up to as high as 88% for individual compounds such as tri-iso-butyl phosphate.
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spellingShingle Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizer in air samples at the German coast in 2011/2012
Wolschke, Hendrik
Sühring, Roxana
Mi, Wenying
Möller, Axel
Xie, Zhiyong
Ebinghaus, Ralf
Average temperature; Buesum; Buesum, Germany; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Gas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS); HEIGHT above ground; Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research; High volume air sampler; HVAIR; HZG; Sample volume; Tributyl phosphate; Tricresyl phosphate; Triisobutyl phosphate; Triphenyl phosphate; Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate; Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate; Tris(2-butoxyethyl)phosphate; Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate; Tris(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate
This study reports the occurrence and distribution of organophosphor esters (OPEs), used as flame retardants and plasticizer, in the marine atmosphere of the German Coast. From August 2011 to October 2012, 58 high volume air samples (gas/particle phase separately) were collected at the German North Sea coast town Büsum. With the use of a GC-MS/MS System for instrumental analysis, detection limits for OPEs in air samples could be significantly improved compared to the previously used single GC-MS method. The concentration (gas + particle phase) of total OPEs was on average 5 pg/m3, with eight of the nine investigated compounds detectable in over 50% of the samples. A focus of this investigation concerned the partioning of OPEs between the particle and the gas phase. The observed partitioning of OPEs in this study was distinguished from previous studies. While previous studies reported OPEs exclusively in the particle phase, a significant part of the sum OPE concentration (55%) was detected in the gas phase. The contribution of the gas phase even reached up to as high as 88% for individual compounds such as tri-iso-butyl phosphate.
title Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizer in air samples at the German coast in 2011/2012
topic Average temperature; Buesum; Buesum, Germany; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Gas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS); HEIGHT above ground; Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research; High volume air sampler; HVAIR; HZG; Sample volume; Tributyl phosphate; Tricresyl phosphate; Triisobutyl phosphate; Triphenyl phosphate; Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate; Tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate; Tris(2-butoxyethyl)phosphate; Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate; Tris(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.876576