Annual Variation of Total Suspended Particulate and Associated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Tropical City of Niterói, RJ, Brazil

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  • Fernanda de Melo
  • Annibal D. Pereira Netto
چکیده

Este artigo apresenta os resultados da determinação de 12 hidrocarbonetos policíclicos aromáticos (HPAs) em material particulado atmosférico (MPA) coletado na cidade de Niterói, RJ, Brasil. Amostras quinzenais de MPA foram coletadas durante 24 h, entre junho/2005 e maio/2006, no Campus da Universidade Federal Fluminense, localizado em uma área residencial e comercial no Centro de Niterói. Um amostrador de grandes volumes e filtros de fibra de vidro foram usados na coleta de MPA. A concentração média de MPA foi 87 μg m. HPAs foram determinados por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência e detecção por fluorescência após extração em banho de ultra-som. Os limites de detecção e de quantificação foram suficientemente baixos para permitir a detecção dos HPAs nas faixas de concentração observadas. Boas recuperações foram obtidas pela análise do material certificado SRM 1649a (NIST, USA). Fenantreno, benzo[a]antraceno, benzo[b]fluoranteno e benzo[ghi]perileno foram os HPAs predominantes. As concentrações dos HPAs individuais variaram entre 0,001 (antraceno) e 0,357 (fenantreno) ng m. As concentrações totais de HPAs variaram entre 0,141 e 1,235 ng m. As concentrações individuais e totais de HPAs não apresentaram correlação significativa com a temperatura, umidade relativa e a velocidade do vento. As razões fluoranteno/(fluoranteno + pireno) e benzo[ghi]perileno/indeno[1,2,3-cd]pireno indicaram que a principal fonte de HPAs na área estudada é a emissão veicular.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009