Field fluorometers as dispersed oil-in-water monitors

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-79

  Lambert, P ^a   Goldthorp, M ^a   Fieldhouse, B ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Fingas, M ^a   Pearson, L ^b   Collazzi, E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Alaska Department Environmental Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometer; Oil in water; Volatile aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; XYLENE;

VOLATILE AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER; XYLENE;

DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; OIL-WATER EMULSION;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLUOROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; MODEL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 0042330166     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(03)00202-4     Document Type: Article

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