Field testing a flow-through sampler for semivolatile organic compounds in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2970-2975

  Xiao, Hang ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Harner, Tom ^b   Lei, Ying D ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BREAK-THROUGH CURVES YIELDS; POROUS SAMPLING MEDIUM;

AIR POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYURETHAN FOAM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

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

AIR; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW RATE; FLOW THROUGH SAMPLER; GAS; PERFORMANCE; POROSITY; PUMP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOLATILIZATION; WIND;

EID: 42149083827     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702741b     Document Type: Article

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