Compound-specific chlorine isotope ratios of TCE, PCE and DCE isomers by direct injection using CF-IRMS

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 766-781

  Shouakar Stash, Orfan ^a   Drimmie, Robert J ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Frape, Shaun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; FRACTIONATION; ION BOMBARDMENT; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLUTIONS;

ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY (IRMS); OFF-LINE SEPARATION; SOLID PHASE MICRO EXTRACTION (SPME);

ISOTOPES;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; METHYL CHLORIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPECTROMETRY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 33646126936     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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