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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2020

Observations of BTEX in the ambient air of Kuala Lumpur by passive sampling.

Haris Hafizal Abd Hamid, Mohd Talib Latif, Royston Uning, Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir, Md Firoz Khan, Goh Choo Ta, Narayanan Kannan

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haris Hafizal Abd HamidInstitute for Environmental and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Mohd Talib LatifDepartment of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. talib@ukm.edu.my.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2339-3321
Royston UningDepartment of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Mohd Shahrul Mohd NadzirDepartment of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Md Firoz KhanDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Goh Choo TaInstitute for Environmental and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Narayanan KannanSmart Green Consultancy Sdn Bhd, 20A Jalan Ipoh Kecil, Off Jalan Ipoh, 50350, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
National University of Malaysia · MYUniversity of Malaya · MY

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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia AP-2015-010Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia DIP-2019-006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) are well known hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) due to their human health risks and photochemical effects. The main objective of this study was to estimate BTEX levels and evaluate interspecies ratios and ozone formation potentials (OFP) in the ambient air of urban Kuala Lumpur (KL) based on a passive sampling method with a Tenax® GR adsorbent tube. Analysis of BTEX was performed using a thermal desorption (TD)-gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GCMS). OFP was calculated based on the Maximum Incremental Reactivity (MIR). Results from this study showed that the average total BTEX during the sampling period was 66.06 ± 2.39 μg/m

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Air PollutantsEnvironmental MonitoringBenzeneBenzene DerivativesHumansTolueneXylenesAir PollutantsBenzeneBenzene DerivativesethylbenzeneTolueneXylenesBTEXKuala LumpurPassive samplingTD-GCMSTenax® sorbent tube

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