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Passive sampling techniques in environmental monitoring
1 online resource (xxxii, 453 pages) : illustrations
Monitoring pollutants in air, soil and water is a routine requirement in the workplace, and in the wider environment. Passive samplers can provide a representative picture of levels of pollutants over a period of time from days to months by measuring the average concentrations to which they have been exposed. Air monitors are widely used, for instance to measure the exposure of workers to volatile compounds, but also for monitoring the fate of pollutants in the atmosphere. Passive sampling devices are now becomining increasingly used to monitor pollutants in rivers, coastal waters and ground water where contamination results from sources such as domestic and industrial discharges, and the use of agrochemicals. Passive Sampling Techniques in Environmental Monitoring provides a timely collection of information on a set of techniques that help monitor the quality of air, surface and ground waters. Passive sampling can provide an inexpensive means of obtaining a representative picture of quality over a period of time, even where levels of pollutants fluctuate due to discontinuous discharges or seasonal application of chemicals such as pesticides. Recent changes in legislation have increased the pressure to obtain better information than that provided by classical infrequent spot sampling. Brought together in one source, this book looks at the performance of a range of devices for the passive sampling of metals, and of non-polar and polar organic chemicals in air and in water. The strengths and weaknesses and the range of applicability of the technology are considered. * Comprehensive review of passive sampling - covering air, water and majority of available technologies in one volume * Chapters written by international specialist experts * Covers theory and applications, providing background information and guidelines for use in the field.
Part I, Air. Theory of solid phase microextraction and its application in passive sampling / Yong Chen and Janusz Pawliszyn -- The use of different designs of passive samplers for air monitoring of persistent organic pollutants / Rosalinda Gioia, Kevin C. Jones and Tom Harner -- Passive sampling in combination with thermal desorption and gas chromatography as a tool for assessment of chemical exposure / Anna-Lena Sunesson -- Use of permeation passive samplers in air monitoring / Bożena Zabiegała and Jacek Namieśnik -- Membrane-enclosed sorptive coating as integrative sampler for monitoring organic compounds in air / Peter Popp [and others] -- Towards quantitative monitoring of semivolatile organic compounds using passive air samplers / Michael E. Bartkow [and others].
Part II, Water. Theory, modelling and calibration of passive samplers used in water monitoring / Kees Booij, Branislav Vrana and James N. Huckins -- Tool for monitoring hydrophilic contaminants in water / David A. Alvarez [and others] -- Monitoring of priority pollutants in water using Chemcatcher passive sampling devices / Richard Greenwood [and others] -- Membrane-enclosed soptive coating for the monitoring of organic compounds in water / Albrecht Paschke [and others] -- In situ monitoring and dynamic speciation measurements in solution using DGT / Kent W. Warnken, Hao Zhang and William Davison -- Use of ceramic dosimeters in water monitoring / Hansjörg Weiß [and others] -- Passive diffusion samplers to monitor volatile organic compound sin ground-water / Don A. Vroblesky -- Field study considerations in the use of passive sampling devices in water monitoring / Per-Anders Bergqvist and Audrone Zaliauskiene -- Techniques for quantitatively evaluating aquatic passive sampling devices / B. Scott Stephens and Jochen F. Müller.
Part III, Soils and sediments. Theory and applications of DGT measurements in soils and sediments / William Davison, Hao Zhang and Kent W. Warnken -- Passive sampling devices for measuring organic compounds in soils and sediments / Gangfeng Ouyang and Janusz Pawliszyn -- Part IV, Ecotoxicology and biomonitoring. Use of passive sampling devices in toxicity assessment of groundwater / Kristin Schirmer, Stephanie Bopp and Jacqueline Gehrhardt -- Monitoring of chlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by passive sampling in concert with deplyed mussels / Foppe Smedes.
edited by R. Greenwood, G. MIlls, B. Vrana.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comprehensive analytical chemistry ; v. 48
112461:112549 Elsevier Science & Technology