Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Detecting some VOCs (PAH) in hospital and university in Ouargla city Algeria

  • Author:
  • A. Boudehane1, S. Atia1, L. Kribaa1, A. Lounas1, C. Balducci2, A. Cecinato2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 15 to 18

1Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Faculté des Mathématiques et Sciences de la Matière, Ouargla, 30000, Algeria

2National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (CNR-IIA), Via Salaria Km 29.3, P.O. Box 10, 00015, Monterotondo RM, Italy

Online published on 7 April, 2020.

Abstract

Indoor and outdoor has volatiles organic compounds VOCs in the air ambient of hospital and university Ouargla city Algeria. These compounds have been examined by using diffusive Analyst I and Analyst II of 2014 and 2015 autumn. The Analyst I determined BTEXs (Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl-benzene, and Xylene isomers) by chromatography coupled with flame ionization (GC-FID) in internal and external air. The Total BTEXs ranged from 131.4 to 41.4μg/m3. The Analyst II detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs have lows mass molecular (Naphthalene, methylnaphthalene, Fluorine, Phenanthrene, Fluoranthene and Pyrene) by gas chromatographic coupled with mass spectrometer (GC/MS) the totals PAHs varied between 8, 6–1, 8μg/m3 in interiors and 0, 8–0, 6μg/m3 exteriors. The ration indoor/outdoor exceeds the sources exact of VOCs.

Keywords

BTEXs, PAHs, passive sampling, indoor, outdoor, Ouargla