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Intercomparison of thermal-optical-flame inoization and combustion-nondispersive infrared methods for the measurement of total carbon in environmental samples.

Sze Sai-tim. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-82). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgment --- p.i / Abstract (English) --- p.ii / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.iv / List of Tables --- p.v / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Air pollution in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Chemical speciation of carbon in air particulates --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Carbonaceous compounds in air and their harmful effects --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Review of analytical techniques for carbon determination --- p.14 / Chapter 1.5 --- Research objective --- p.18 / Chapter 1.6 --- Brief description of the project --- p.20 / Chapter 2. --- INSTRUMENTATION AND THEORY / Chapter 2.1 --- Thermal-optical-FID method --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2 --- Combustion-NDIR method --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3 --- Comparison between two methods --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4 --- Materials used for preparing standards --- p.30 / Chapter 2.5 --- Filter media for thermal analysis of carbon containing aerosols --- p.31 / Chapter 3. --- EXPERIMENTAL / Chapter 3.1 --- Instrumentation --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- Apparatus --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3 --- Reagents --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Analysis time and operation temperature --- p.36 / Chapter 3.5 --- Procedures --- p.38 / Chapter 4. --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION / Chapter 4.1 --- Particulate matter concentration in air --- p.43 / Chapter 4.2 --- Calibration --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3 --- Recovery study of total carbon in Standard Reference Material --- p.47 / Chapter 4.4 --- Study of filter deposit homogeneity --- p.50 / Chapter 4.5 --- Determination of total carbon in air particulates --- p.52 / Chapter 4.6 --- Further comparison of two methods by determination of total carbon in different sample type (river suspended solids) --- p.61 / Chapter 4.7 --- Repeatability of time of evolution and quantity of carbon determined by thermal optical-FID --- p.70 / Chapter 4.8 --- Reproducibility of measuring total carbon in PM2 5 and PM10 --- p.73 / Chapter 5. --- CONCLUSION --- p.75 / Chapter 6. --- REFERENCES --- p.77

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323474
Date January 2001
ContributorsSze, Sai-tim., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 82 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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