Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon purification procedures for compound specific isotope analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6770-6776

  Kim, Moonkoo ^a,b   Kennicutt II, Mahlon C ^a   Qian, Yaorong ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS METHODS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2,6 DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PAH; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PURIFICATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24644480072     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050577m     Document Type: Article

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