Dry sampling of gas-phase isocyanates and isocyanate aerosols from thermal degradation of polyurethane
(2014) In Annals of Occupational Hygiene 58(1). p.28-49- Abstract
The performance of a dry sampler, with an impregnated denuder in series with a glass fibre filter, using di-n-butylamine (DBA) for airborne isocyanates (200ml min-1) is investigated and compared with an impinger flask with a glass fibre filter in series (1 l min-1). An exposure chamber containing 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), and 2,4- and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate (TDI) in the concentration range of 5-205 μg m-3 [0.7-33 p.p.b.; relative humidity (RH) 50%], generated by gas- and liquid-phase permeation, was used for the investigation. The precision for the dry sampling for five series with eight samplers were in the range of 2.0-6.1% with an average of 3.8%. During... (More)
The performance of a dry sampler, with an impregnated denuder in series with a glass fibre filter, using di-n-butylamine (DBA) for airborne isocyanates (200ml min-1) is investigated and compared with an impinger flask with a glass fibre filter in series (1 l min-1). An exposure chamber containing 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), and 2,4- and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate (TDI) in the concentration range of 5-205 μg m-3 [0.7-33 p.p.b.; relative humidity (RH) 50%], generated by gas- and liquid-phase permeation, was used for the investigation. The precision for the dry sampling for five series with eight samplers were in the range of 2.0-6.1% with an average of 3.8%. During 120-min sampling (n = 4), no breakthrough was observed when analysing samplers in series. Sixty-four exposed samplers were analysed after storage for 0, 7, 14, and 21 days. No breakdown of isocyanate derivatives was observed. Twenty-eight samplers in groups of eight were collecting isocyanates during 0.5-32h. Virtually linear relationships were obtained with regard to sampling time and collected isocyanates with correlation coefficients in the range of 0.998-0.999 with the intercept close to the origin. Pre- or post-exposure to ambient air did not affect the result. Dry sampling (n = 48) with impinger-filter sampling (n = 48) of thermal decomposition product of polyurethane polymers, at RH 20, 40, 60, and 90%, was compared for 11 isocyanate compounds. The ratio between the different isocyanates collected with dry samplers and impinger-filter samplers was in the range of 0.80-1.14 for RH = 20%, 0.8-1.25 for RH = 40%, 0.76-1.4 for RH = 60%, and 0.72-3.7 for RH = 90%. Taking into account experimental errors, it seems clear that isocyanic acid DBA derivatives are found at higher levels in the dry samples compared with impinger-filter samplers at elevated humidity. The dry sampling using DBA as the reagent enables easy and robust sampling without the need of field extraction.
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- Gylestam, Daniel ; Riddar, Jakob B. LU ; Karlsson, Daniel ; Dahlin, Jakob LU ; Dalene, Marianne LU and Skarping, Gunnar LU
- publishing date
- 2014-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- airborne isocyanates, dibutylamine derivatives, dry sampling, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, thermal decomposition
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- Annals of Occupational Hygiene
- volume
- 58
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 22 pages
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
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- pmid:23960047
- scopus:84893081885
- ISSN
- 0003-4878
- DOI
- 10.1093/annhyg/met046
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- English
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- 196c935a-f71c-4878-93cd-d9e030c6be75
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