Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis: Principais Precursores de Ozônio na Cidade de São Paulo

Authors

  • Débora Souza Alvim Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares -IPEN
  • Luciana Vanni Gatti Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares -IPEN
  • Sergio Machado Correa Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Angélica Pretto Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares -IPEN
  • Carlos de Souza Rossatti Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares -IPEN
  • João Paulo Orlando Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares -IPEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X13126

Abstract

The main air quality problems registered in the in the city of São Paulo are caused by ozone (O3) concentrations. This study, which was carried out in the Brazilian Basic Sanitation Engineering Company (CETESB) monitoring station of air quality located in the University of Sao Paulo - USP, focused on the elucidation of the main volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ozone precursors in São Paulo atmosphere between January to December 2006.

Seventy-eight samples of air were collected during the study period, which the ten most important compounds in the formation of O3 were but-1-ene (12%), propene (10%), ethylene (8%), p-xylene (7% ) buta-1,3-diene (6%), 1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene (4%), isoprene (4%), trans-but-2-ene (4%), 2-methyl-but-2-ene (4%) and cis-but-2-ene (3%). The most abundant classes concentration in the air were alkanes (45%), alkenes (26%), and aromatics (14%), aldehydes (13%) and alkadienes 2%.

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Published

2014-11-14

How to Cite

Alvim, D. S., Gatti, L. V., Correa, S. M., Pretto, A., Rossatti, C. de S., & Orlando, J. P. (2014). Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis: Principais Precursores de Ozônio na Cidade de São Paulo. Ciência E Natura, 36(2), 434–444. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X13126