An interlaboratory comparison was performed to evaluate the analytical methods for quantification of anhydrosugars – levoglucosan, mannosan, galactosan – and biosugars – arabitol, glucose and mannitol – in atmospheric aerosol. The performance of 10 laboratories in Italy currently involved in such analyses was investigated on twenty-six PM (particulate matter)ambient filters, three synthetic PM filters and three aqueous standard solutions. An acceptable interlaboratory variability was found, determined as the mean relative standard deviation (RSD%) of the results from the participating laboratories, with the mean RSD% values ranging from 25% to 46% and decreasing with increasing sugar concentration. The investigated methods show good accuracy, evaluated as the percentage error (ε%) related to mean values, since method biases ranged within ±20% for most of the analytes measured in the different laboratories. The detailed investigation (ANOVA analysis at p < 0.05) of the contribution of each laboratory to the total variability and the measurement accuracy shows that comparable results are generated by the different methods, despite the great diversity in terms of extraction conditions, chromatographic separation - −more recent LC (liquid chromatography) and EC (exchange chromatography) methods compared to more widespread GC (gas chromatography) - and detection systems, namely PAD (pulsed amperometric detection) or mass spectrometry

Pietrogrande, M.C.; Barbaro, E.; Bove, M.C.; Clauser, G.; Colombi, C.; Corbella, L.; Cuccia, E.; Dalla Torre, S.; Decesari, S.; Fermo, P.; Gambaro, A.; Gianelle, V.; Ielpo, P.; Larcher, R.; Lazzeri, P.; Massabò, D.; Melchionna, G.; Nardin, T.; Paglione, M.; Perrino, C.; Prati, P.; Visentin, M.; Zanca, N.; Zangrando, R. (2017). Results of an interlaboratory comparison of analytical methods for quantification of anhydrosugars and biosugarsin atmospheric aerosol. CHEMOSPHERE, 184: 269-277. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.131 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/42208

Results of an interlaboratory comparison of analytical methods for quantification of anhydrosugars and biosugarsin atmospheric aerosol

Larcher, R.;Nardin, T.;
2017-01-01

Abstract

An interlaboratory comparison was performed to evaluate the analytical methods for quantification of anhydrosugars – levoglucosan, mannosan, galactosan – and biosugars – arabitol, glucose and mannitol – in atmospheric aerosol. The performance of 10 laboratories in Italy currently involved in such analyses was investigated on twenty-six PM (particulate matter)ambient filters, three synthetic PM filters and three aqueous standard solutions. An acceptable interlaboratory variability was found, determined as the mean relative standard deviation (RSD%) of the results from the participating laboratories, with the mean RSD% values ranging from 25% to 46% and decreasing with increasing sugar concentration. The investigated methods show good accuracy, evaluated as the percentage error (ε%) related to mean values, since method biases ranged within ±20% for most of the analytes measured in the different laboratories. The detailed investigation (ANOVA analysis at p < 0.05) of the contribution of each laboratory to the total variability and the measurement accuracy shows that comparable results are generated by the different methods, despite the great diversity in terms of extraction conditions, chromatographic separation - −more recent LC (liquid chromatography) and EC (exchange chromatography) methods compared to more widespread GC (gas chromatography) - and detection systems, namely PAD (pulsed amperometric detection) or mass spectrometry
Interlaboratory comparison
Analytical methods
Atmospheric aerosol
Biomass burning
Biogenic emissions
Settore CHIM/01 - CHIMICA ANALITICA
2017
Pietrogrande, M.C.; Barbaro, E.; Bove, M.C.; Clauser, G.; Colombi, C.; Corbella, L.; Cuccia, E.; Dalla Torre, S.; Decesari, S.; Fermo, P.; Gambaro, A.; Gianelle, V.; Ielpo, P.; Larcher, R.; Lazzeri, P.; Massabò, D.; Melchionna, G.; Nardin, T.; Paglione, M.; Perrino, C.; Prati, P.; Visentin, M.; Zanca, N.; Zangrando, R. (2017). Results of an interlaboratory comparison of analytical methods for quantification of anhydrosugars and biosugarsin atmospheric aerosol. CHEMOSPHERE, 184: 269-277. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.131 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/42208
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