Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in river and bay sediments: An undergraduate laboratory experiment in environmental chemistry using capillary gas chromatography with electron capture detection

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 558-562

  Kegley, Susan E ^a   Hansen, Kristen J ^b   Cunningham, Kevin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346782835     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p558     Document Type: Article

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