Determination of volatile organic compounds in workplace air by multisorbent adsorption/thermal desorption-GC/MS

Chemosphere

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-80

  Wu, Chien Hou ^a   Feng, Chien Tai ^a   Lo, Yu Shiu ^a   Lin, Tsai Yin ^a   Lo, Jiunn Guang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air analysis; Environmental analysis; Gas chromatography; Multisorbent adsorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ADSORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION;

OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL DESORPTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; DIMETHYL ETHER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR QUALITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1942532825     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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