A flow-through sampler for semivolatile organic compounds in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 250-256

  Xiao, Hang ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Harner, Tom ^b   Lei, Ying D ^a   Johnston, Gordon W ^c   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; MACHINE DESIGN; PIPE FLOW; POLYURETHANES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

POLYURETHANE FOAM (PUF); VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WIND SPEED;

AERODYNAMICS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; STAINLESS STEEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; MACHINE DESIGN; PIPE FLOW; POLYURETHANES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR SAMPLING; PAH; PCB; SAMPLER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC BATTERY; LABORATORY; SAMPLER; TUBE; WIND;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 33846006577     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062024x     Document Type: Article

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