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A method for the determination of vinyl chloride (VC) and dichloroethenes (DCE) in gas samples is presented. The analytes are preconcentrated from a gas-volume of up to 20 l on an adsorption tube filled with 1.0 g of a carbon molecular sieve at a flow rate of 80 l/h and are subsequently desorbed with carbon disulfide. Vinyl bromide is added as internal standard to the extract. The analytes are determined as their 1,2-dibromo-derivatives by capillary gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The detection limits have been found to be 82 ng/m3 = 32 ppt (VC), 190 ng/m3 = 48 ppt (1,1-DCE) and 96 ng/m3 = 24 ppt (cis-/trans-1,2-DCE). The method has been used for the quantification of the anaerobic microbial degradation of tetra- (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) to dichloroethenes and vinyl chloride in landfill sites. The substances have been analyzed in landfill-gas as well as in gaseous emissions from the landfill surface. The mean emission rates of tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene and vinyl chloride from the landfill surface into the ambient air are about 0.5 μg/(m2 × h).
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Wittsiepe, J., Selenka, F. & Jackwerth, E. Gas chromatographic determination of trace amounts of vinyl chloride and dichloroethenes in landfill-gas. Fresenius J Anal Chem 354, 910–914 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0021663540910
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s0021663540910