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CCQM K121 – Monoterpenes in Nitrogen at 2.5 nmol mol-1 Final Report

Published

Author(s)

Christina E. Cecelski, George C. Rhoderick, Joseph T. Hodges, Antonio M. Possolo, Cassie A. Goodman, Yong D. Kim, Dal H. Kim, Sangil Lee, Nicholas Allen, Marivon Corbel, David Worton, Richard Brown, Paul Brewer

Abstract

The growing awareness of climate change, and continuing concerns regarding tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, will require future measurements and standards for compounds linked to these issues. To monitor and control the emissions of these species globally in the atmosphere, it is necessary to demonstrate measurement equivalence at the highest levels of accuracy for assigned values of standards. This report describes the results of a key comparison for several important monoterpene species, which are relevant to atmospheric chemistry and climate. The comparison samples include α-pinene, 3-carene, R-limonene and 1,8-cineole in a nitrogen matrix gas, at a 2.5 nmol mol-1 amount of substance fraction. The objective of this key comparison is to evaluate the participants’ capabilities to measure trace level monoterpenes using their own calibration techniques.
Citation
Metrologia
Volume
55

Keywords

VOC, terpenes, monoterpenes, gas standards, CCQM key comparison

Citation

Cecelski, C. , Rhoderick, G. , Hodges, J. , Possolo, A. , Goodman, C. , Kim, Y. , Kim, D. , Lee, S. , Allen, N. , Corbel, M. , Worton, D. , Brown, R. and Brewer, P. (2018), CCQM K121 – Monoterpenes in Nitrogen at 2.5 nmol mol-1 Final Report, Metrologia, [online], https://doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/55/1A/08019 (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created November 9, 2018, Updated May 31, 2019