Method Name:
AS002-AR
Petroleum Aromatics
Marketing/Spec:
    TDT Air Scan® Petroleum Aromatics is used to quickly and inexpensively identify ten of the most common petroleum aromatics found in the air. It utilizes Prism Analytical Technologies, Inc.’s (PATI) widest spectrum, multi-matrix thermal desorption tube (AS002). Petroleum Aromatics is especially useful for monitoring gasoline vapors inside buildings and for investigations into fuel and, gasoline spills or into plume migration under buildings using sub-slab sampling. After sampling, the sorption tube is sent to PATI for the quantitative identification of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, m,p-Xylene, o-Xylene, Isopropylbenzene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, Naphthalene, and 2-Methylnaphthalene. TDT Air Scan® is a combination of instrument technology and methodology developed by PATI that has a wide range of applications from personal monitoring, office buildings, and warehouses to industrial complexes and landfills.

    Detection limits are in the 100 parts-per-trillion range. Sample collection requires a personal monitoring pump.
Features:
  • · Petroleum specific compounds
  • · Encapsulated tubes for long shelf life
  • · Easy shipping, handling, and storage
  • · Tubes can be ordered and shipped same day at no additional cost
  • · ¼” Diameter tubes are common to personal monitoring pumps
  • · Data reduction is performed by experienced, degreed chemists
Applications:
  • · IAQ investigation of Plume migration underneath foundation or building slab
  • · Monitoring of work place background and exposure levels
  • · Personal Exposure Monitoring
  • · Sick building syndrome monitoring
  • · Sampling of enclosed areas· Surveying work areas
Technical
Class of Compounds:
    Petroleum aromatics
MDL:
    10 ng: Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, o-Xylene, Isopropylbenzene20 ng: m,p-Xylene, 25 ng: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, Naphthalene, and 2-Methylnaphthalene
Sampling Rate:
    50 to 200 ml/min
Maximum Volume:
    40L
Technical Notes:
    Requires a personal monitoring pump for sample collection
Related Tech Bulletins & App Notes
    500, 502, 503, 516, 517, 511, 527
Prism Analytical Technologies, Inc.
1200 N Fancher
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

(989) 772-5088