A simplified apparatus for ambient formaldehyde detection via GC-pHID

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2557-2565

  Hopkins, J R ^a   Still, T ^a   Al Haider, S ^a   Fisher, I R ^a   Lewis, A C ^a   Seakins, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient formaldehyde; Gas chromatography; Helium ionization detector; Rain; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RELIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PERMEABILITY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

ENGLAND (WEST YORKSHIRE)#; LEEDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038739304     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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