Polychlorinated biphenyls in the ambient air of petroleum refinery, urban and rural areas

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 30; no. 13; pp. 2371 - 2378
• Main Authors: Lee, Wen-Jhy, Lin Lewis, Sue J., Chen, Ying-Yuan, Wang, Ya-Fen, Sheu, Hwey-Lin, Su, Chun-Ching, Fan, Yi-Chin
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1996; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Combustion and energy production; Exact sciences and technology; Pollution; Pollution sources. Measurement results; Asia; Taiwan; PCBs; urban; dry deposition; ambient air; rural; particle-bound composition; petroleum refinery; phase distribution; Suspended particle; Ambient air concentration; Atmospheric fallout; Chlorocarbon; Rural area; Air pollution; Urban area; Gas phase; Refinery; Polychlorobiphenyl; Dry deposition

PCB samples in the ambient air of petroleum refinery (PR), urban and rural areas have been collected by several PS-1 samplers from October 1992 to April 1993 at southern Taiwan. Both total-PCBs and PCB-homologues associated with concentration, phase distribution, particle-bound composition and dry d...