BESIS, Athanasios, Gerhard LAMMEL, Petr KUKUČKA, Constantini SAMARA, Aysun SOFUOGLU, Yetkin DUMANOGLU, Kostas ELEFTHERIADIS, Giorgos KOUVARAKIS, Sait C. SOFUOGLU, Vassiliki VASSILATOU and Dimitra VOUTSA. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in background air around the Aegean: implications for phase partitioning and size distribution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2017, vol. 24, No 36, p. 28102-28120. ISSN 0944-1344. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0285-7.
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Original name Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in background air around the Aegean: implications for phase partitioning and size distribution
Authors BESIS, Athanasios (300 Greece), Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr KUKUČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Constantini SAMARA (300 Greece), Aysun SOFUOGLU (792 Turkey), Yetkin DUMANOGLU (792 Turkey), Kostas ELEFTHERIADIS (300 Greece), Giorgos KOUVARAKIS (300 Greece), Sait C. SOFUOGLU (792 Turkey), Vassiliki VASSILATOU (300 Greece) and Dimitra VOUTSA (300 Greece).
Edition Environmental Science and Pollution Research, HEIDELBERG, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2017, 0944-1344.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.800
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095521
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0285-7
UT WoS 000417874400046
Keywords in English Absorption/adsorption models; Gas/particle partitioning; Long-range transport; Aerosol mass size distribution
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The occurrence and atmospheric behavior of tri- to deca-polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were investigated during a 2-week campaign concurrently conducted in July 2012 at four background sites around the Aegean Sea. The study focused on the gas/particle (G/P) partitioning at three sites (Ag. Paraskevi/central Greece/suburban, Finokalia/southern Greece/remote coastal, and Urla/Turkey/rural coastal) and on the size distribution at two sites (Neochorouda/northern Greece/rural inland and Finokalia/southern Greece/remote coastal). The lowest mean total (G + P) concentrations of a(7)PBDE (BDE-28, BDE-47, BDE-66, BDE-99, BDE-100, BDE-153, BDE-154) and BDE-209 (0.81 and 0.95 pg m(-3), respectively) were found at the remote site Finokalia. Partitioning coefficients, K (P), were calculated, and their linear relationships with ambient temperature and the physicochemical properties of the analyzed PBDE congeners, i.e., the subcooled liquid pressure (P (L)A degrees) and the octanol-air partition coefficient (K (OA)), were investigated. The equilibrium adsorption (P (L)A degrees-based) and absorption (K (OA)-based) models, as well as a steady-state absorption model including an equilibrium and a non-equilibrium term, both being functions of log K (OA), were used to predict the fraction I broken vertical bar of PBDEs associated with the particle phase. The steady-state model proved to be superior to predict G/P partitioning of BDE-209. The distribution of particle-bound PBDEs across size fractions < 0.95, 0.95-1.5, 1.5-3.0, 3.0-7.2, and > 7.2 mu m indicated a positive correlation between the mass median aerodynamic diameter and log P (L)A degrees for the less brominated congeners, whereas a negative correlation was observed for the high brominated congeners. The potential source regions of PBDEs were acknowledged as a combination of long-range transport with short-distance sources.
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