valbona hoxha

Received March 16, 2013; Accepted May 10, 2014 Abstract: In this study biota samples and particle samples were analyzed for the determination of some volatile organic compounds (VOC) concentrations. The analyses of volatile organic pollutants in air samples are limited for some laboratories because of the lack of materials for the sampling of air samples. Other limitations of air sample data are the influence of vertical and horizontal air current, temperature, humidity, etc. Mosses, tree leaves, and lichens are probably the most widely used plant group in relation to the assessment of airborne organic compounds. Benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes (known together as BTEX), some halogenated alkanes and chlorobenzenes were the analyzed VOC. The samples were collected, in December 2013 in nine stations in Tirana, Albania. The quantitative analysis of BTEX was performed by the gas chromatography method by using a flame ionization detector (FID). The column used was a VF-1ms cap...