Online hourly determination of 62 VOCs in ambient air: System evaluation and comparison with another two analytical techniques

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1176-1185

  Durana, Nieves ^a   Navazo, Marino ^a   Alonso, Lucio ^a   García, José A ^a   Ilardia, Juan L ^a   Gómez, M Carmen ^a   Gangoiti, Gotzon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOIONIZATION;

RETENTION TIMES (RTS);

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ACETYLENE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; ETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; ISOPRENE; PARAFFIN; PENTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036796598     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2002.10470857     Document Type: Article

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