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Recent applications of gas and high-performance liquid chromatographic techniques to the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates

Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511, Singapore
Journal of Chromatography A DOI:10.1016/0021-9673(95)00429-Q pp.79-92

ABSTRACT Advances in the development of analytical separation techniques can be said to have been significantly fueled by the ever-increasing demands of environmental analyses. Complex environmental matrices and sample mixtures have motivated chromatographers to improve their craft to the present level of excellence in terms of functionality and applicability. This paper reviews the most recent application of two of the most important chromatographic methods — gas chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography— to the analysis of an important class of environmental pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives. The review focuses on the use of the two aforementioned techniques in the characterization of PAHs and related compounds present in airborne particulates, reported in the literature in the past three years.

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Keywords

airborne particulates
 
analytical separation techniques
 
applicability
 
characterization
 
chromatographic methods — gas chromatography
 
Complex environmental matrices
 
environmental pollutants
 
ever-increasing demands
 
high-performance liquid chromatography—
 
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
 
present level
 
recent application
 
sample mixtures
 
three years
 
two aforementioned techniques