Gaseous Products of Incense Coil Combustion Extracted by Passive Solid Phase Microextraction Samplers

Atmosphere

Wen-Hsi Cheng¹  Chin-Hsing Lai²  Wen-Jiunn Tzeng¹  Chyn Her¹  Ya-Han Hsu¹ 

[1] Department of Occupational Safety and Hygiene, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung City 83102, Taiwan; E-Mails:;Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung City 83102, Taiwan; E-Mail:

关键词: solid phase microextraction;    needle trap sampler;    sampling;    indoor air;    volatile organic compounds;    incense coil;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atmos6060822

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Burning incense indoors is a common behavior in Southeast Asia. In this investigation, needle trap samplers (NTS), a novel, green analytical technology is used for sampling gaseous combustion by-products from sandalwood incense coils. To extract indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs), two NTS are prepared, one using 60–80 mesh and the other using 100–120 mesh divinylbenzene (DVB) particles packed in 22-gauge stainless steel needles. This work compares extraction efficiency of an NTS and that of a commercially available 100 μm polydimethylsiloxane solid phase microextration (PDMS-SPME) fiber sampler. Experimental results indicated that the 100–120 mesh DVB-NTS performed best among all samplers during a 1 h sampling period. The main extracted compounds were toluene, ethylbenzene, propane, chloromethane, 1,3-butadiene, methanol and dichloromethane. The potential use of small badge-sized or pen-sized NTS for the indoor atmosphere and occupational hygiene applications is addressed.

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