Analysis of nonylphenol polyethoxylates with 3 to 10 ethoxy units in water samples by normal-phase liquid chromatography with electrospray mass spectrometry detection

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 681-689

  Martínez, Elena ^a   Gans, Oliver ^a   Weber, Helmut ^a   Scharf, Sigrid ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs); Normal phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) and water samples

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SURFACTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 24344433428     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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