Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 45.

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Adsorption Characteristics of Fullerene-extracted Soots and Its Application for Collecting Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air

CHEN Jian-Xin1, CHEN Cai1, SHENG Guo-Ying1, WANG Xin-Ming2, FU Jia-Mo2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Gruangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
    2. Changchun Instituteof App lied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:1999-05-05 Online:2000-01-24 Published:2000-01-24

Abstract: Fullerene-extracted soots which are the by-product of producing fullerenes(C60/C70) can adsorb organic vapors efficiently. Breakthrough volumes(maximum sample volumes, Vmax)and specific retention volumes(20 ℃)of 17 VOCs(volatile organic compounds)are measured. The recoveries of adsorption/thermal desorption of Fullerene-extracted soots adsorbent tubes ranged from 40.8% to 117%, most of which are (100±20)%. Fullerene-extracted soots is cheap and can be used in environmental analysis for trapping and enriching traces of VOCs in ambient air.

Key words: Volatile organic compounds(VOCs), Adsorbent, Fullerene-extracted soots

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