Analytical Sciences

Atmospheric Concentrations of Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Ammonia, Hydrogen Chloride, Nitric Acid, Formic and Acetic Acids in the South of Vietnam Measured by the Passive Sampling Method

Tran Thi Ngoc LAN,*¹  Rokuro NISHIMURA,*² Yoshio TSUJINO,*³ Kiyoshi IMAMURA,*³ Munehiro WARASHINA,*⁴ Nguyen Thai HOANG,*¹ and Yasuaki MAEDA*²

*1 Vietnam National University, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, Dist. 5, HoChiMinh, Vietnam
*2 Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho,Sakai 599-8531, Osaka, Japan
*3 Environmental Pollution Control Center of Osaka Prefectural Government, 1-3-62 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-0025, Japan
*4 Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, 543-0026, Japan

A passive sampling method was applied to measure the concentrations of air pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, hydrogen chloride, and nitric, formic and acetic acids, in the ambient air at four test sites in the southern region of Vietnam. The monthly averages and the average concentrations of air pollutants during the period from July 2001 to September 2002 are reported here. The concentrations of air pollutants varied widely, depending on the test sites and the sampling periods. The average concentrations of sulfur dioxide in the air during the period from July 2001 to September 2002 at the four test sites were 3.3 - 16.9 ppb, and those of nitrogen dioxide were 5.4 - 12.8 ppb. The concentrations of nitrogen monoxide and hydrogen chloride were very low at all of the test sites. The observed concentrations of all of the above-mentioned pollutants were lower than those of the Vietnamese standards of air pollutants.

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