Technique for monitoring toxic VOCs in air: Sorbent preconcentration, closed-cycle cooler cryofocusing, and GC/MS analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1939-1945

  Oliver, Karen D ^a   Adams, Jeffrey R ^a   Hunter Daughtrey Jr , E ^a   McClenny, William A ^b   Yoong, Matthias J ^c   Pardee, Michael A ^c   Almasi, Elizabeth B ^d   Kirshen, Norman A ^d  

^a ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Xontech Incorporated   (United States)

^d Varian Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR SAMPLING; COOLER CRYOFOCUSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; VOC;

EID: 0029663708     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9506317     Document Type: Article

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