Monitoring of Air Pollutants: Sampling, Sample Preparation and Analytical Techniques Volume 70

ISBN-13: 9780444635532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 408 str.

Forbes, Patricia

Opis

Monitoring of Air Pollutants: Sampling, Sample Preparation and Analytical Techniques provides a comprehensive reference on air pollutant monitoring, addressing experimental approaches to sampling and sample preparation, as well as analytical technologies (instrumental methods) which are applicable to a wide range of topics. The book's purpose is to provide an in-depth resource on the monitoring of ambient air pollutants that covers the basic principles, recent developments, and important applications in the field. Current trends and recent advances are discussed, both with respect to analytical techniques and target air pollutants. All aspects of air pollutant monitoring, from sampling, to sample preparation, and analysis, are covered, making this the book of choice for consultation by air monitoring practitioners.

• Contains all the information needed for air pollutant monitoring from sampling, to sample preparation, to analysis
• Provides guidance on the best analytical approach for a target pollutant
• Presents the pros and cons of included techniques to enable informed decisions
• Includes case studies based on published practical applications

Spis treści

1. Perspectives on the Monitoring of Air PollutantsPatricia Forbes2. Passive Diffusion Sampling Devices for Monitoring Ambient Air ConcentrationsJ.J. Pienaar3. Biomonitors Patricia Forbes4. Ambient Air Sampling with Whole Air, In-Field Concentration, and Particulate Matter (PM) Methodologies Jason S. Herrington5. DenudersEgmont Rohwer6. Automated Continuous Air Monitoring J.P Beukes7. Novel and Emerging Air Sampling DevicesJ Grandy8. Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Techniques and Methodologies for the Determination of Metals, Metalloids and Ions in Atmospheric AerosolsPatricia Smichowski9. Chromatographic Techniques for Organic Analytes Pérola de Castro Vasconcellos10. Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility SpectrometryPatricia Forbes11. Microscopic Single-Particle Analytical Methods for Aerosol CharacterizationChul-Un Ro12. Concluding Comments and Future OutlookPatricia Forbes

O autorze

After Dr Patricia Forbes obtained her BSc Honours in chemistry (1994), she spent several years working in the platinum industry, where she completed her MSc and became Environmental Manager. Patricia was then appointed as Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, before moving to the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) where she headed up the Air Quality Research Laboratory and was a Senior Researcher. Patricia completed her PhD at the University of Pretoria (2010), which she then joined as Senior Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry. Her research focuses primarily on atmospheric analyses involving the development of novel sampling and analytical methods for environmental pollutants. Patricia serves on the Executive of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and is Chairperson of ChromSA (the chromatography division of SACI). She is Scientific Editor (Analytical Chemistry) for the South African Journal of Chemistry.