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DOI: 10.1039/C5EM90021B (Correction) Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2015, 17, 1190-1190

Passive sampling for volatile organic compounds in indoor air-controlled laboratory comparison of four sampler types

Todd McAlary *ac, Hester Groenevelt a, Stephen Disher b, Jason Arnold b, Suresh Seethapathy c, Paolo Sacco d, Derrick Crump e, Brian Schumacher f, Heidi Hayes b, Paul Johnson g and Tadeusz Górecki c
aGeosyntec Consultants, Inc., 130 Research Lane, #2, Guelph, Ontario N1G 5G3, Canada. E-mail: tmcalary@geosyntec.com
bEurofins Air Toxics, Inc. (formerly Air Toxics Ltd.), Folsom, CA, USA
cUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
dFondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Padova, Italy
eCranfield University, Cranfield, UK
fUnited States Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV, USA
gArizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Received 14th May 2015 , Accepted 14th May 2015

First published on 21st May 2015

Abstract

Correction for ‘Passive sampling for volatile organic compounds in indoor air-controlled laboratory comparison of four sampler types’ by Todd McAlary et al., Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2015, 17, 896–905.

Table 5 inadvertently contained the wrong uptake rates for the WMS sampler. All other samplers had correct values and the scientific conclusions of the work are not affected by this error. The corrected version of Table 5 is provided below.
Table 5 Revised uptake ratesa
Analyte Revised uptake rate (mL min−1)
WMS Radiello SKC Ultra ATD Tube ATD Tube
1.8 mL vial and Anasorb 747 White body and charcoal Ultra II and Carbopack X Carbopack B Tenax TA
a * – Consider field calibration if temperature, humidity, velocity, duration or concentration are considerably different than 21 °C, 60% RH, 0.2 m s−1, 4 days and 50 ppbv, respectively. ** – Field calibration is recommended.
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1.5 59* 11* 0.36 0.34
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 7.0* 57 9.0* 0.45 0.43
1,2-Dichloroethane 2.2* 64 9.8* 0.30* 0.34*
2-Butanone (MEK) 1.5* 49** 7.8* 0.11** 0.50*
Benzene 2.2 72 15* 0.60 0.37*
Carbon tetrachloride 1.8* 54 7.2* 0.41 0.34
n-Hexane 1.5* 53 9.8* 0.56* 0.28*
Naphthalene 4.4** 57** 4.7* 0.45 0.49
Tetrachloroethene 3.9* 60 13 0.47 0.35
Trichloroethene 2.6* 63 13* 0.46 0.31

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.

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