Distribución por tamaños de hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos en las cercanías de una calle con intenso tráfico

  1. Antonio Vera Castellano 1
  2. José A. López Cancio 1
  3. Rosa Navarro Trujillo 1
  4. Juan F. Santana Rodríguez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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    Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01teme464

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Journal:
Afinidad: Revista de química teórica y aplicada

ISSN: 0001-9704

Year of publication: 2002

Volume: 59

Issue: 498

Pages: 155-162

Type: Article

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Abstract

Using a high-volume sampler fitted with a cascade impactor, aerosol samples were collected in an area of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria subject to heavy motor traffic. The quantity of particles collected (over 24-hour periods), distributed across six size fractions, enabled the detection and quantification, according to these sizes, of 14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The median mass diameter ranged from 0.86 to 1.82 μm for the particulate aerosol and from 0.38 to 1.31 μm for the individual hydrocarbons. Two types of size distributions were found: bimodal, with modes in the intervals 0.08–0.3 μm and 3.8–7.4 μm for the total particulate matter and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with three benzene rings: fluorene, phenanthrene, and anthracene, as well as for fluoranthene; and unimodal (0.08–0.3 μm) for the total PAHs and the remaining hydrocarbons.

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