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A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds.

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A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds. / Tani, Akira; Kato, Shungo; Kajii, Yoshizumi et al.
In: Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 41, No. 8, 03.2007, p. 1736-1746.

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Tani, A, Kato, S, Kajii, Y, Wilkinson, M, Owen, S & Hewitt, CN 2007, 'A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds.', Atmospheric Environment, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 1736-1746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.039

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Tani, A., Kato, S., Kajii, Y., Wilkinson, M., Owen, S., & Hewitt, C. N. (2007). A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds. Atmospheric Environment, 41(8), 1736-1746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.039

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Tani A, Kato S, Kajii Y, Wilkinson M, Owen S, Hewitt CN. A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds. Atmospheric Environment. 2007 Mar;41(8):1736-1746. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.039

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Tani, Akira ; Kato, Shungo ; Kajii, Yoshizumi et al. / A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds. In: Atmospheric Environment. 2007 ; Vol. 41, No. 8. pp. 1736-1746.

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title = "A proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry based system for determining plant uptake of volatile organic compounds.",
abstract = "In order to evaluate the contribution that higher plants make to the removal of volatile organic compounds from the atmosphere, a measurement system consisting of a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS), CO2 analyzer, diffusion devise and leaf enclosure was established. The uptake of VOCs by Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) was investigated. The overall relative error associated with measurements made using this system was <2.2% when a Golden Pothos leaf was exposed to 75–750 ppbv of methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). Even at the lowest MIBK concentration, more than 2.2% of the inflowing VOC was lost to the leaf, representing a detectable and positive MIBK uptake rate by the plant. The results of the investigation were compared with a measurement system based on gas chromatography analysis and it was shown that the use of a PTR-MS based system can significantly increase the certainties in determining the rate of VOC uptake by plants.",
keywords = "Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer, VOC, Uptake, Methyl isobutyl ketone",
author = "Akira Tani and Shungo Kato and Yoshizumi Kajii and Michael Wilkinson and Sue Owen and Hewitt, {C. N.}",
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AU - Tani, Akira

AU - Kato, Shungo

AU - Kajii, Yoshizumi

AU - Wilkinson, Michael

AU - Owen, Sue

AU - Hewitt, C. N.

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AB - In order to evaluate the contribution that higher plants make to the removal of volatile organic compounds from the atmosphere, a measurement system consisting of a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS), CO2 analyzer, diffusion devise and leaf enclosure was established. The uptake of VOCs by Golden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) was investigated. The overall relative error associated with measurements made using this system was <2.2% when a Golden Pothos leaf was exposed to 75–750 ppbv of methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). Even at the lowest MIBK concentration, more than 2.2% of the inflowing VOC was lost to the leaf, representing a detectable and positive MIBK uptake rate by the plant. The results of the investigation were compared with a measurement system based on gas chromatography analysis and it was shown that the use of a PTR-MS based system can significantly increase the certainties in determining the rate of VOC uptake by plants.

KW - Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer

KW - VOC

KW - Uptake

KW - Methyl isobutyl ketone

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JF - Atmospheric Environment

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