Permeation of atmospheric gases through polymer O-rings used in flasks for air sampling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Sturm, P ^a   Leuenberger, M ^a   Sirignano, C ^b   Neubert, R E M ^b   Meijer, H A J ^b   Langenfelds, R ^c,d   Brand, W A ^e   Tohjima, Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Permeation; Storage effects

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC GAS;

EID: 2642553080     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004073     Document Type: Article

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