Analysis of PAHs in air-borne particulates in Hong Kong City by heuristic evolving latent projections

Hailin Shen, Yizeng Liang, Ruqin Yu, Xianchun Li, Xinxi Sun

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Abstract

A successful qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air-borne particulates in Hong Kong City has been carried out by the heuristic evolving latent projection (HELP) method recently developed in chemometrics. The resolution result showed that 47 compounds were involved in this sample. Eighteen of them were interesting PAHs and/or their derivatives. The result agreed very well with the one obtained by capillary column GGMS. The resolved UV-visible spectra match well with the standards. With the help of HELP method, accurate quantitative results were also obtained for all the overlapping peaks. The separation ability of chromatography is greatly enhanced by chemometric methods. The HELP method provides a completely new way for quick and accurate analysis of the two-dimensional data produced by hyphenated chromatographic instruments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-29
Number of pages9
JournalScience in China, Series B: Chemistry
Volume41
Issue number1
Early online date22 May 1997
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1998
Externally publishedYes

Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry

User-Defined Keywords

  • Heuristic evolving latent projections
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • Resolution of overlapping peaks
  • Two-dimensional data

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