Measurement of ambient ozone using a nitrite-coated filter

• Published in: Analytical chemistry (Washington) Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 209 - 214
• Main Authors: Koutrakis, Petros, Wolfson, Jack M, Bunyaviroch, Arnold, Froehlich, Susan E, Hirano, Koichiro, Mulik, James D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.02.1993
• Subjects: 400102 - Chemical & Spectral Procedures; 540120 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION; Analysis methods; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Exact sciences and technology; FIBERGLASS; FILTERS; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SEPARATION PROCESSES; Temperature; Medium effect; Filter; Ozone; Air pollution; Control instrumentation; Measurement method; Sampling; Occupational exposure
• ISSN: 0003-2700; 1520-6882
• DOI: 10.1021/ac00051a004

Standard ozone monitoring techniques utilize large, heavy, and expensive instruments that are not easily adapted for personal or microenvironmental monitoring. For large-scale monitoring projects, where spatial variations of a pollutant and human exposure assessments are of interest, passive sampling devices can provide the methodology to meet monitoring and statistical goals. Recently we developed a coated filter for ozone collection that we used in a commercially available passive sampling device. Results from the ozone sampler validation tests are presented.