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HADAD, K., SAFAVI, A., TAHON, R. (2005). AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN SHIRAZ BY PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (Sciences), 29(3), 471-480. doi: 10.22099/ijsts.2005.2821
K. HADAD; A. SAFAVI; R. TAHON. "AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN SHIRAZ BY PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES". Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (Sciences), 29, 3, 2005, 471-480. doi: 10.22099/ijsts.2005.2821
HADAD, K., SAFAVI, A., TAHON, R. (2005). 'AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN SHIRAZ BY PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES', Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (Sciences), 29(3), pp. 471-480. doi: 10.22099/ijsts.2005.2821
HADAD, K., SAFAVI, A., TAHON, R. AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN SHIRAZ BY PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (Sciences), 2005; 29(3): 471-480. doi: 10.22099/ijsts.2005.2821

AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN SHIRAZ BY PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

Article 12, Volume 29, Issue 3, Autumn 2005, Page 471-480  XML PDF (1021 K)
Document Type: Regular Paper
DOI: 10.22099/ijsts.2005.2821
Authors
K. HADAD 1; A. SAFAVI2; R. TAHON3
11Department of Nuclear Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I. R. of Iran, 71345
2Department of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I. R. of Iran, 71454
3ETI Group Burgeap, 92772 Boulogne Billancourt Cedex, France
Abstract
The air quality in Shiraz was assessed based on a one-week passive sampling campaign.
During the first week of the summer 2003, about 400 passive samplers were used in groups of two and
three, so that 187 sampling stations covered all of Shiraz. Pollutant gases including SO2, NO2 and BTX
(benzene, toluene and xylene) were sampled by diffusive sampling tubes. Collected samples were
analyzed and pollutant concentrations were determined by using ion chromatography, spectrophotometry
and gas chromatography techniques. The result of the analysis shows that SO2 and NO2 concentrations
exceed national and international standards in the central and southern parts of Shiraz. Weekly averaged
concentrations of benzene, toluene and xylene at all sampling sites were 105, 206 and 123 μg/m3, which
exceed national and international standards.
Based on the results, more than 15% of Shiraz's population (180,000 out of 1.2 million people)
were exposed to high levels of NO2 during this survey period.
Keywords
Urban air pollution; passive sampling; air quality; BTX concentration
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