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  • Title: Particle-size distribution of airborne poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances.
    Author: Dreyer A, Kirchgeorg T, Weinberg I, Matthias V.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2015 Jun; 129():142-9. PubMed ID: 25027782.
    Abstract:
    Eleven particle-size-segregated samples were taken to investigate the particle-size distribution of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using two five stage impactors in parallel. Samples were extracted with methanol and detected by HPLC/MS-MS. Investigation yielded reproducible results for the parallel samples over the entire sampling period. Particle-size distribution varied between perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and other perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs), perfluorooctane carboxylate (PFOA) and other perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs) and n-methyl-perfluorooctanesulfonamido ethanol (MeFOSE). Whereas PFOA and MeFOSE were predominantly observed in smallest size fraction (<0.14μm), maximum PFOS mass fractions were observed in the coarser size fractions between 1.38 and 3.81μm. The reason for this different behaviour remained unclear and indicated a complex atmospheric PFAS processing and sampling which should be further investigated and optimized, respectively.
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