Fullerenes-extracted soot: a new adsorbent for collecting volatile organic compounds in ambient air

C Chen; J Chen; X Wang; S Liu; G Sheng; J Fu

doi:10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00450-7

Fullerenes-extracted soot: a new adsorbent for collecting volatile organic compounds in ambient air

J Chromatogr A. 2000 Jul 21;886(1-2):313-7. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00450-7.

Authors

C Chen¹, J Chen, X Wang, S Liu, G Sheng, J Fu

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science.

PMID: 10950300
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00450-7

Abstract

Fullerenes-extracted soot (FES) is the by-product of fullerenes production. Retention characteristics at different temperatures for 17 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on FES are measured. The adsorption and desorption efficiencies for VOCs on FES adsorbent tubes range from 40.8 to 117%, most of them being 100+/-20%. The values are compared with Tenax GR, an adsorbent commonly used in environmental analysis. FES can be used as an adsorbent of low cost to collect VOCs in environmental samples.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Air / analysis*
Carbon / chemistry*
Organic Chemicals / analysis*
Volatilization

Substances

Organic Chemicals
Carbon