[In-situ measurement of background atmospheric HCFC-142b using GC-MS and GC-ECD method]

Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2013 May;34(5):2025-30.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Custom-made GC-MS and GC-ECD in-situ measurement systems were established at the Shangdianzi GAW Regional station. From May 2010 to May 2011, the precisions for GC-MS and GC-ECD systems were 0.23% and 0.88%, respectively, and the HCFC-142b mole fraction during the observation period ranged from 21 x 10(-12) to 355 x 10(-12). The result of the independent-sample T test was P > 0.05, and there was no significant difference in HCFC-142b mole fraction measured by the two systems. The small difference of HCFC-142b mole fraction measured by GC-MS and GC-ECD might be associated with the different sampling time and precision of the two systems. A statistical filter of "robust local regression" was applied to separate HCFC-142b background and pollution data. The mean difference, median difference, 25 and 75 percent difference of background data measured by GC-MS and GC-ECD were all within the precisions. The pollution events captured by the two systems showed similar characters. Results from both systems showed a higher HCFC-142b level in summer and autumn than in winter. The pollution mole fraction of the two systems showed similar seasonal changes.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants / analysis*
  • Atmosphere / analysis*
  • China
  • Chlorofluorocarbons / analysis*
  • Chromatography, Gas / instrumentation
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods*
  • Electrons
  • Environmental Monitoring*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Limit of Detection

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Chlorofluorocarbons
  • 2-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane