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This article describes the temperature dependence of sixteen PCBs in ambient air from the relationship ln(C) = m + (1000/T) + b and the Clausius-Clapeyron equation from data obtained at an open urban area of Madrid. The study was applied to predice long/short range transport influence as PCB sources in a typical semi-urban ambient without the influence of industrialised or contaminated sites around. The present study also relate surface soil/ambient air data to characterise soil/air cycled seasonal behaviour in the observation site. Regarding both compartments, a comparison was done calculating fugacity quotients from one full year data.
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García-Alonso, S., Pérez-Pastor, R.M. Occurrence of PCBr in Ambient Air and Surface Soil in an Urban Site of Madrid. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 146, 283–295 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023950121722
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