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Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Phase-Segregated Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in North Western Part of Turkey Analysed by GC-MS
Emin Taylan and Semra Tuncel G*
Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
- *Corresponding Author:
- Semra Tuncel G
Department of Chemistry
Middle East Technical University
06800 Ankara
Turkey
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E-mail: semratun@metu.edu.tr
Received date: August 10, 2017; Accepted date: August 28, 2017; Published date: August 31, 2017
Citation: Taylan E, Tuncel SG (2017) Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Phase- Segregated Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in North Western Part of Turkey Analysed by GC-MS. J Anal Bioanal Tech 8: 377. doi: 10.4172/2155-9872.1000377
Copyright: © 2017 Taylan E, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Seasonal and spatial variation and sources of phase-distributed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Northwestern part of Turkey was studied for pollution level and sources appointment. Daily sampling of air was done for one year in two sites; BalÃâñkesir city and the dam lake. Samples were analyzed by using GC-MS. The sum of the total concentration of PAHs was 517 ± 425 ng/ml for city and 153 ± 108 ng/ml dam lake respectively. Seasonal variations were observed sharply, for the city winter highest of 700 ng/ml. Highest observed concentration for Dam Lake was 160 ng/ml in summer season. Gas to particle phase partitioning was calculated and dam lake data was more favoring for the study. In summer gas/particle ratio was 38. We have observed in city low molecular weight PAHs were in the gas phase. In winter Gas/particle ratio was in between 2-5. Diagnostic ratio analysis and factor analysis indicated combustion and vehicular emission as the major sources for PAHs pollution.
