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Determination of BTEX by GC–MS in Air of Offset Printing Plants: Comparison between Conventional and Ecological Inks
- Source :
- Water, air, and soil pollution : focus
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
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Abstract
- The use of inks containing organic solvents by the offset printing process implies in the release of volatile organic compounds to the work environment. Many of these compounds such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and the xylene isomers (well known by the acronym BTEX) are extremely toxic. In this study, the BTEX concentrations were determined in two different printing plants that use distinct types of inks: the conventional and the so-called ecological, which is manufactured based on vegetal oil. Concentration ranges were 4384, 153,480, 2133, 5459, and 2236 μg m−3 for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m + p-xylene, and o-xylene, respectively, for the conventional printing plant. At the ecological printing plant, concentration ranges were below limit of detection (
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Ecology
Xylene
BTEX
Pollution
Toluene
Ethylbenzene
Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
visual_art
Environmental chemistry
visual_art.visual_art_medium
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Offset printing
Volatile organic compound
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Benzene
Earth-Surface Processes
Water Science and Technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732940 and 15677230
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....abaf6297c4b8472c556fbb6609e62e1c