An investigation of micro-scale sealed vessel thermal extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (MSSV-GC-MS) and micro-scale sealed vessel pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry applied to a standard reference material of an urban dust/organics

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Hall, P A ^a   Watson, A F R ^b   Garner, G V ^a   Hall, K ^a   Smith, S ^c   Waterman, D ^c   Horsfield, B ^d  

^a LC2 Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Atmosph Res and Information Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Micro scale sealed vessel pyrolysis; Organic particulate matter

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHENOL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032693630     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00204-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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