Spatial and temporal variability in air concentrations of short-chain (C10-C13) and medium-chain (C14-C17) chlorinated n-alkanes measured in the U.K. atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4407-4415

  Barber, Jonathan L ^a   Sweetman, Andy J ^a   Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Braekevelt, Eric ^b   Stern, Gary A ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; DIFFUSION; POLYURETHANES; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLERS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS (PUF); TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANES; ATMOSPHERE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLASS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYURETHANES; TIME FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20744456448     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es047949w     Document Type: Article

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