Absorption of VOCs by polymer tubing: implications for indoor air and use as a simple gas-phase volatility separation technique

聚合物 波动性(金融) 吸收(声学) 材料科学 扩散 分析化学(期刊) 气体扩散 聚乙烯 复合材料 化学工程 化学 有机化学 热力学 电极 物理化学 工程类 经济 物理 金融经济学
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Melissa A. Morris,Demetrios Pagonis,Douglas A. Day,J. A. de Gouw,Paul J. Ziemann,J. L. Jiménez
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DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1241
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Abstract. Previous studies have demonstrated volatility-dependent absorption of gas-phase volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to Teflon and other polymers. Polymer-VOC interactions are relevant for atmospheric chemistry sampling, as gas-wall partitioning in polymer tubing can cause delays and biases during measurements. They are also relevant to the study of indoor chemistry, where polymer-based materials are abundant (e.g. carpets, paints). In this work, we quantify the absorptive capacities of multiple tubing materials, including 4 non-conductive polymers (important for gas sampling and indoor air quality), as well as 4 electrically-conductive polymers and 2 commercial steel coatings (for gas and particle sampling). We compare their performance to previously-characterized materials. To quantify the absorptive capacities, we expose the tubing to a series of ketones in the volatility range 104–109 μg m−3 and monitor transmission. For slow-diffusion polymers (e.g. PFA Teflon and nylon), absorption is limited to a thin surface layer, and a single layer absorption model can fit the data well. For fast-diffusion polymers (e.g. polyethylene and conductive silicone) a larger depth of the polymer is available for diffusion, and a multilayer absorption model was needed. The multilayer model allows fitting solid phase diffusion coefficients for different materials, which range from 4 × 10−9 to 4 × 10−7 cm2 s−1. These diffusion coefficients are ~8 orders of magnitude larger than literature values for FEP Teflon. This enormous difference explains the differences in VOC absorption measured here. We fit an equivalent absorptive mass (Cw, μg m−3) for each absorptive material. We found PFA to be the least absorptive, with Cw ~105 μg m−3, and conductive silicone to be the most absorptive, with Cw ~1013 μg m−3. PFA transmits VOCs easily, and intermediate-volatility species (IVOCs) with quantifiable delays. In contrast, conductive silicone tubing transmits only the most volatile VOCs, denuding all lower volatility species. Semi-volatile species (SVOCs) are very difficult to sample quantitatively through any tubing material. We demonstrate how to use a combination of slow- and fast-diffusion tubing to separate a mixture of VOCs into volatility classes before analysis. New conductive silicone tubing contaminated the gas stream with siloxanes, but this effect was reduced by 10,000-fold for aged tubing, while maintaining the same absorptive properties. SilcoNert (tested in this work) and Silonite (tested in previous work) steel coatings showed gas transmission that was almost as good as PFA, but since they undergo adsorption, their delays times may be humidity and concentration dependent.
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