Cost effective passive sampling device for volatile organic compounds monitoring

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4589-4596

  Thammakhet, Chongdee ^a   Muneesawang, Vilailuk ^a   Thavarungkul, Panote ^a   Kanatharana, Proespichaya ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

Author keywords

BTX; Laboratory built; Passive sampling; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BENZENE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VALVES (MECHANICAL); XYLENE;

BTX STANDARD GAS; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR (FID); LABORATORY-BUILT; PASSIVE SAMPLING;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENT; BENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAT YAI; SONGKHLA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 33745188218     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.03.047     Document Type: Article

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