Performance evaluation of a thermal desorption/gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric method for the characterization of waste tank headspace samples

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 853-859

  Ma, Cheng Yu ^a   Skeen, J Todd ^a   Dindal, Amy B ^a   Bayne, Charles K ^a   Jenkins, Roger A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031048409     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9605174     Document Type: Article

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