Graphitized carbons, Carbopack X, Carbograph 5TD and Carbotrap B, used to enrich samples of C3–C4 alcohols determined in the atmospheric air produce experimental artefacts. After thermal desorption, recoveries for alcohols are much smaller than unity with a concomitant appearance of aldehydes and ketones on chromatograms. Obviously, the adsorbents studied cannot be recommended for analysis of alcohols, ketones and aldehydes in the atmosphere. Polymeric adsorbents, Tenax TA and Chromosorb 106, do not exhibit such oxidative properties.
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