ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Traffic-generated Air Pollution with Volatile Organic Compounds in Kraków and its Environs
A. Juszkiewicz*, B. Kijak
More details
Hide details
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of General Chemistry, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2003;12(1):49-56
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The content of volatile hydrocarbons in the atmospheric air in Kraków as well as in the country in the vicinity of A-4 motorway was determined. The air was sampled to canisters made of electropolished stainless steel. The determinations of hydrocarbons were performed on a gas chromatograph equipped with a cryogenic trap and flame-ionization detector. The contribution of traffic to air pollution with volatile hydrocarbons both in built-up and open areas in the vicinity of busy motorways was estimated.