The Application of an Integrated Multifunctional Field-Portable GC/MS System

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-20

  Eckenrode, Brian A ^a  

^a Viking Instruments Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Field analysis; GC MS; On site analysis; Portable instrumentation; Real time analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032371453     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6521(1998)2:1<3::AID-FACT2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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