Sampling and analysis techniques for inorganic air pollutants in indoor air

F Villanueva, M Ródenas, A Ruus, J Saffell… - Applied Spectroscopy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Effective evidence-based actions to reduce indoor air pollution must be derived from data
obtained using accurate means for assessment of the critical air pollutants and for the …

Isocyanic acid (HNCO) and its fate in the atmosphere: a review

MD Leslie, M Ridoli, JG Murphy… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Isocyanic acid (HNCO) has recently been identified in ambient air at potentially concerning
concentrations for human health. Since its first atmospheric detection, significant progress …

Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TOF-MS measurements during the SusKat-ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, isoprene and isocyanic acid in …

C Sarkar, V Sinha, V Kumar… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The Kathmandu Valley in Nepal suffers from severe wintertime air pollution. Volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) are key constituents of air pollution, though their specific role in the …

Source apportionment of NMVOCs in the Kathmandu Valley during the SusKat-ABC international field campaign using positive matrix factorization

C Sarkar, V Sinha, B Sinha, AK Panday… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
A positive matrix factorization model (US EPA PMF version 5.0) was applied for the source
apportionment of the dataset of 37 non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) …

Volatile organic compounds in a typical petrochemical industrialized valley city of northwest China based on high-resolution PTR-MS measurements: Characterization …

X Zhou, Z Li, T Zhang, F Wang, F Wang, Y Tao… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
To scientifically understand the emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) in a typical petrochemical industrialized and dust-rich region of Northwest China …

Large unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires

V Kumar, BP Chandra, V Sinha - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Biomass fires impact global atmospheric chemistry. The reactive compounds emitted and
formed due to biomass fires drive ozone and organic aerosol formation, affecting both air …

Contribution of post-harvest agricultural paddy residue fires in the NW Indo-Gangetic Plain to ambient carcinogenic benzenoids, toxic isocyanic acid and carbon …

BP Chandra, V Sinha - Environment International, 2016 - Elsevier
In the north west Indo-Gangetic Plain (NW IGP), large scale post-harvest paddy residue fires
occur every year during the months of October–November. This anthropogenic perturbation …

Analysis of reduced and oxidized nitrogen-containing organic compounds at a coastal site in summer and winter

JC Ditto, J Machesky, DR Gentner - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Nitrogen-containing organic compounds, which may be directly emitted into the atmosphere
or which may form via reactions with prevalent reactive nitrogen species (eg, NH 3, NO x …

Chemistry of volatile organic compounds in the Los Angeles Basin: Formation of oxygenated compounds and determination of emission ratios

JA De Gouw, JB Gilman, SW Kim… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze an expanded data set of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in air
measured by several instruments at a surface site in Pasadena near Los Angeles during the …

Behavior of isocyanic acid and other nitrogen-containing volatile organic compounds in the indoor environment

C Wang, JM Mattila, DK Farmer, C Arata… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Isocyanic acid (HNCO) and other nitrogen-containing volatile chemicals (organic
isocyanates, hydrogen cyanide, nitriles, amines, amides) were measured during the House …