Ambient hydrocarbons from motor-car assembly plants in Scandinavia
Journal article, 1982
About 50 air-polluting hydrocarbons were determined in emissions from the Volvo and Saab motor-car plants. The sampling technique used was based on the Tenax GC adsorbent. Thermal desorption and glass capillary gas chromatography was used for the analysis. At a downwind distance of about 1 km, concentrations about 100 times higher than regional levels were recorded. The emissions constitute potential ecological and health hazards and a reduction of quantities and complexity is urgent.
toluene
automotive industry
xylene
air pollutants
paints
environment
solvents
plumes
Author
Göran Petersson
Department of Chemical Environmental Science
Environmental Pollution (Series B)
Vol. 4 207-217
Subject Categories
Analytical Chemistry
Other Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sciences
DOI
10.1016/0143-148X(82)90053-2