Comprehensive, quantitative, congener-specific analyses of eight aroclors and complete PCB congener assignments on DB-1 capillary GC columns

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-623

  Frame, George M ^a   Wagner, Robert E ^a,b   Carnahan, James C ^a   Brown Jr , John F ^a   May, Ralph J ^a   Smullen, Lynn A ^a   Bedard, Donna L ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Northeast Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; DIMETICONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONDUCTANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030222118     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00214-7     Document Type: Article

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