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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of a tube and badge type NO2 passive air sampler. The principle of the method is a colorimetric reaction of NO2 with N-1-naphthylethylendiamine under acidic conditions. The sampling rates for the tube and badge type passive air samplers was determined 12.3 ± 4.4 mL/min and 27.3 ± 4.9 mL/min, respectively, as obtained from the slope of the linear correlation between the NO2 mass collected by the passive air sampler and the NO2 concentration with the NO2 analyzer. The tube and badge type passive air sampler were moderately correlated with a correlation coefficient of 0.9112. The measurement for the precision and accuracy of the passive air sampling was carried out with duplicate measurement of passive air samplers. The passive air sampler had good precision and accuracy for measuring NO2 in atmosphere. A good correlation was observed between the passive air sampler and the NO2 analyzer with a coefficient of determination of 0.9153 (tube type) and 0.9514 (badge type). This passive air sampler would be suitable for the NO2 concentration monitoring in atmosphere.
