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Title: Air Quality: VOC analysis using PTR-MS
Post by: Taly on June 03, 2016, 01:01:19 PM

hello,
i am new to air quality field, i have a week of data measuring VOC in air ambient using the PTR-MS, 40 compounds that were detected, my question is: what type of information i can extract from this set of data, and what major compounds should i be following?
Thank you

Title: Re: Air Quality: VOC analysis using PTR-MS
Post by: Taly on June 04, 2016, 07:00:35 AM

can you be more specific about the mixing ratio, how do i calculate it?
for benzene i know that it is an indicator of anthropogenic sources. isoprene and monoterpene indicators of a biogenic sources, but what about the dimethyl sulfide?