Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri - IRCCS.

EXPONENTS:
Espinoza, M.1; Obando, K.1; Quinga, G.1 ; Tarco, D.1

TEACHER:
Erika Sofía Murgueitio Herrera (PhD)2
1 Geographical and Environmental Engineering Degree, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Av. Gral. Rumiñahui s/n, Sangolquí, Ecuador
2Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Av. Gral. Rumiñahui s/n, P.O. BOX 171-5-231B, Sangolquí, Ecuador
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PRINCIPLE
Cartridge code 166 is made of mycroporous polyethylene coated with triethanolamine (TEA)
Figure 1. Nitrogen dioxide Figure 2. Sulfur dioxide

Nitrite, Nitrite by visible spectrophotometry

N O chemiadsorbed quantified
O sulphite or
O onto TEA sulphate ions analyzed
O S Sulphite by ion chromatography
Source. [1] Source. [2]

SAMPLING RATES
Sampling 298 K Effect of temperature, humidity and
rate value (25°C) 1013 hPa wind speed
Q298 Both gases
NO2
𝟕.𝟎
𝑲
𝑸𝑲 = 𝑸𝟐𝟗𝟖 ∗
𝟐𝟗𝟖
NO2 SO2
Qk → 263 to 313 K (-10 to Humidity, in the range (15-
0.141±0.007 0.466±0.022 40°C) 90)%
ng*ppb-1*min-1 ng*ppb-1*min-1 Q298 → Reference value at Wind speed, between 0.1
298 K and 10 m*s-1
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CALCULATIONS
USER TIP
It is advisable to measure the sampling
NO2 SO2 temperature by the thermometer code 126.
The concentration in ppb
Figure 3. Thermometer code 126

𝑚𝑁𝑂2 𝑚𝑆𝑂4
𝐶𝑁𝑂2 = (1)
𝐶𝑆𝑂2 = (2)
𝑄𝐾 ∙ 𝑡 0.466 ∙ 𝑡

Source. [3]

EXPOSURE

Up to 15 days is The TEA is very hygroscopic

feasible
Exposure Excess water could cause some
loss
If relative Not more than
humidity is 7 days Of adsorbing medium by
higher than 70% percolation
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LIMIT OF QUANTITATION AND UNCERTAINTY

10 000 ppb/min 11.9% for NO2

After 7 days 1 ppb

Sampling rate Limit of Uncertainty at
Lineal for
NO2-SO2 quantitation 2σ
both

5 000 000 ppb/min 9.2% for SO2

STORAGE ANALYSIS
Cartridges are stable

12 months 4 months after Add 5 ml of + During 1

Sampling Cartridge
before water minute

Kept in the dark at 4°C

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ANALYSIS COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF NITRITE ION

10 g sulphanilamide 250 mg N-(1-

naphthyl)ethylendia
SULPHANILAMIDE: 100 ml HCl NEDA:

1000 ml water 250 ml water

DETERMINATION OF THE SULPHITE AND SULPHATE IONS

SO2 • Sulphite and Average expected

Sample Water volume to be
Sulphate ions concentration for 7 days
volume added
exposure in ppb
Calibration
• Solutions 5 to 50 mg
Curves Up to 70 0.5 0

Chromatography • Standard solutions From 70 to 150 0.25 0.25

Analysis • Extraction solutions
Higher tan 170 1 0.4
[1] Suriá, C., «Nitrogen dioxide» 2018. Available: https://www.carlessuria.com/toxicos/no2-dioxido-nitrogeno/. [Último acceso: 11
Julio 2020].
[2] Instituto para la Salud Geoambiental, «Sulfur dioxide» 2018. Available: https://www.saludgeoambiental.org/dioxido-azufre-so2.
[Último acceso: 11 Julio 2020].
[3] Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCSS, «Radiello Manual» 2006.