A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds
A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds
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DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.039
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发表时间:
2007-03
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5
通讯作者:
A. Tani;Shungo Kato;Y. Kajii;Michael J. Wilkinson;S. Owen;N. Hewitt
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A. Tani;Shungo Kato;Y. Kajii;Michael J. Wilkinson;S. Owen;N. Hewitt
In order to evaluate the contribution that higher plants make to the removal of volatile organic compounds from the atmosphere, a measurement system consisting of a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS), CO2analyzer, diffusion devise and leaf enclosure was established. The uptake of VOCs by Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) was investigated. The overall relative error associated with measurements made using this system was <2.2% when a Golden Pothos leaf was exposed to 75–750ppbv of methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). Even at the lowest MIBK concentration, more than 2.2% of the inflowing VOC was lost to the leaf, representing a detectable and positive MIBK uptake rate by the plant. The results of the investigation were compared with a measurement system based on gas chromatography analysis and it was shown that the use of a PTR-MS based system can significantly increase the certainties in determining the rate of VOC uptake by plants.