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In the Laboratory
Quantitative Determination of PAHs in Diesel Engine Exhausts by GC-MS
Paul Fleurat-Lessard
Laboratorie de Chimie Théorique, Université Paris XI, Batiment 490, F-91405 Orsay cedex, France

Karine Pointet and Marie-France Renou-Gonnord
DCMR, URA CNRS 1307, Ecole Plytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau

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July 1999
Vol. 76 No. 7
p. 962

Abstract
A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analytical protocol for quantitation of PAHs in diesel exhaust particles, adapted for a single laboratory period, is proposed. Gravitational chromatography is first used to isolate aromatic compounds. Then quantitative determination of PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) is performed by GC-MS, using deuterated PAHs as internal standards. Results obtained by students for recovery yields and for quantitation are reproducible.
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*  Citation
Fleurat-Lessard, Paul; Pointet, Karine; Renou-Gonnord, Marie-France. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 962.
*  Keywords
Mass Spectrometry; Chromatography; Quantitative Analysis; Environmental Chemistry; Chemical Education Research; Instrumental Methods; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice
*  History
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June 9, 1999
June 23, 2005
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