Degradation products of Tenax TA formed during sampling and thermal desorption analysis: Indicators of reactive species indoors

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 715-725

  Clausen, Per Axel ^a   Wolkoff, Peder ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Indoor air; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Semivolatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BUILDING; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

AIR QUALITY; ARTIFACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TENAX TA; VOC;

CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXTURES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OZONE; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; THERMOANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARTIFACTS; INDOOR AIR; LIMONENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TENAX; THERMAL DESORPTION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0031082077     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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