Performance evaluation of a surface acoustic wave analyzer to measure VOCs in air and water

Environmental Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-226

  Watson, Gary W ^a   Staples, Edward J ^a   Viswanathan, Shekar ^b  

^a Electronic Sensor Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; AIR; DETECTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION SOURCES; WATER;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; HIGH SPEED ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE IONIZATION SOURCES; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE ANALYZER;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0242509048     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670220320     Document Type: Article

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