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New volatile selenium and tellurium species in fermentation gases produced by composting duck manure
The occurrence of volatile metal(loid) compounds is investigated in gases released from a compost composed of pine shavings, duck feathers and duck excreta. The fermentation gases were sampled using Tedlar bags, pre-concentrated with cryogenic trap and finally analysed by cryo-trapping followed by g...
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Published in: | Atmospheric environment (1994) 2008-10, Vol.42 (33), p.7786-7794 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | The occurrence of volatile metal(loid) compounds is investigated in gases released from a compost composed of pine shavings, duck feathers and duck excreta. The fermentation gases were sampled using Tedlar bags, pre-concentrated with cryogenic trap and finally analysed by cryo-trapping followed by gas chromatography hyphenated to inductively coupled mass spectrometry (CT–GC–ICPMS). In addition to arsenic (As), bismuth (Bi), lead (Pb), antimony (Sb) and tin (Sn) volatile species, up to eight selenium (Se) and seven tellurium (Te) species, namely methylated, ethylated and mixed methyl-ethylated ones, are detected for the first time. Although few volatile species standards are available, their identification or semi-identification is established by using quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) through the correlation between boiling point and retention time of each compound. Their semi-quantification highlights maximal concentrations ranging from 30 to 2300
ng
m
−3 for Se species and from 10 to 500
ng
m
−3 for Te species. The variations of their concentrations are examined by emphasizing the influences of both compost nature and compost maturation stage. Finally, the results obtained in this study outline the diversity and the quantity of Se and Te species especially in comparison with other fermentation gases. Their release could thus induce “olfactory pollution” and potential sanitary and environmental impacts if no effluent treatment is applied during the compost production. |
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ISSN: | 1352-2310 1873-2844 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.04.052 |