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Quantitative Studies of 2,4-D Esters in the Air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Donald F. Adams ,
Craig M. Jackson  and
W. Lee Bamesberger
Donald F. Adams
Affiliation:
Air Pollution Research Section, Division of Industrial Research, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Craig M. Jackson
Affiliation:
Air Pollution Research Section, Division of Industrial Research, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
W. Lee Bamesberger
Affiliation:
Air Pollution Research Section, Division of Industrial Research, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Abstract

Stationary and portable field sampling equipment and techniques are described for the collection of gaseous and aerosol forms of 2,4-D compounds. Air was sampled at the rate of 1 liter per minute through 10 ml of n-decane in a modified midget impinger maintained at approximately 1 C. Field sampling was conducted at two eastern Washington sites for approximately 106 days during the summer of 1963. The presence of isopropyl, butyl, and isooctyl esters of 2,4-D in the atmosphere was established by electron capture gas chromatography. Twenty-four hour average atmospheric concentrations of these esters ranged from undetectable to 3.1 μg/m3.

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Weeds , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1964 , pp. 280 - 283
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Copyright © 1964 Weed Science Society of America 

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