J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 12 (2018) 31-37 doi: 10.17265/1934-7375/2018.01.005 Monitoring Ambient Air Quality in the Carpathian Region of Ukraine Sergiy Kurta, Ihor Mykytyn, Alexandra Voronych and Viktoria Ribun Department Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 57 Shevchenko St., Ivano-Frankivsk 76018, Ukraine Abstract: Ivano-Frankivsk oblast is located in the south-western part of Ukraine, close to the geographical center of Europe at the junction of the two major geographic units, the East European Plain and the Eastern Carpathians (the Carpathian region of Ukraine). Between September 2013 and September 2015, the expert group of the Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University conducted the mobile monitoring of air cleanliness in Ivano-Frankivsk region; the authors monitored the level of air contamination with seven gases: carbon monoxide and dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, formaldehyde, beta-particles, and gamma radiation. For this purpose, there were used six automatic analyzers “Dozor-C-P”, the formaldehyde Gas Analyzer “МІС-98170”, and the radiometer “TERRA”. The monitoring resulted in the making of three maps of Ivano-Frankivsk region, on which the average levels of concentration of three particular gases (CO 2 , SO 2 , and CH 2 O) throughout all the districts of the oblast were marked. There was registered the excess of CH 2 O limits—the consequences of the presence of the chipboard and wood-fiber production, for which formaldehyde is used as a raw material. Also there was observed the excess of SO 2 in the air caused by gas fumes from vehicles and thermal power stations. Key words: Monitoring, precarpathian, air quality, concentration, radiation, air pollution, MC (maximum concentration). 1. Introduction The project on testing ambient air quality in the transboundary region of Ukraine-Romania (Clean Air Management in the Romania-Ukraine Transboundary Area (CLAMROUA), HUSKROUA/1101/127, was approved by the Joint Monitoring Committee of the Joint Operational Programme Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2013-2015 [1]. Ivano-Frankivsk (Precarpathian) region is situated between 47°30' south latitude and 23°31' east longitude. Its area is 13.9 thousand кm 2 . The population is 1,381 thousand people. Ivano-Frankivsk oblast is also located Corresponding author: Sergiy Kurta, Ph.D., professor, research fields: Ecological, resource-saving technologies of the synthesis of 1,2-dichloroethane and vinyl chloride with utilization of chlororganic wastes, -Develop ment of environmentally friendly recycling technology of waste paper containing polymer. close the geographical center of Europe, in the south-western part of Ukraine, at the junction of two major natural geographic units-the East European Plain and the Eastern Carpathians, in the Carpathian region of Ukraine [2]. From September 2013 to September 2015, the expert group of Department of Organic and Analytical Chemistry from Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University tested ambient air quality in Ivano-Frankivsk region in terms of 7 gases: carbon monoxide and dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, formaldehyde and beta-particles, and gamma radiation contamination. 2. Methodology For this study, the authors used six automatic analyzers “Dozor-C-P” individually for each of the aforementioned gases (produced and certified by the company NPP “Orion” in Kharkiv, Ukraine), automatic D DAVID PUBLISHING