Gas chromatograph equipped with a glass or a fused silica capillary, flame ionization
detector, integrator or data processing system
Capillary column to separate the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, e.g. Sil 5, SE 30,
OV 1, OV 101, SE 52, SE 54
Dust collectors for stationary sampling and for personal sampling of workplace air, with
a suction velocity of 1.25 m/s ±10 %
Sampling pump
Personal sampling: glass fibre filters (free of binding agents) or silver membrane filters,
pore size 0.8 µm, each of diameter 37 or 25 mm
Stationary sampling: glass fibre filters (free of binding agents) 0.8 µm pore size, 150 mm
diameter
Soxhlet apparatus or ultrasonic bath, suitable for extraction with about 60 mL of solvent
Rotary evaporator
Chromatography column (length 14 cm, inner diameter 1.4 cm) for sample preparation
Dropping funnel
100 mL round-bottomed flask
5–50 mL flasks with a basal extension containing about 0.5 mL, graduated if possible,
for preparation of the samples for separation by capillary gas chromatography
Injection syringe for gas chromatography