Polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated soil samples evaluated by GC-ECD with dual-column and GC-HRMS

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-112

  Bianco, Giuliana ^a   Novario, Giuseppe ^a   Bochicchio, Dominga ^b   Anzilotta, Giuseppe ^b   Palma, Achille ^b   Cataldi, Tommaso R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Metapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCBs; Gas chromatography; High resolution mass spectrometry; Microwave assisted extraction; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ultrasonic assisted extraction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR (ECD); ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON IMPACT-IONIZATION; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTRACTION METHODS; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY (HRMS); HIGH RESOLUTIONS; ION MONITORING; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION (MAE); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); SAMPLE THROUGHPUT; SOIL SAMPLES; SPIKED SOIL SAMPLES; SYSTEMATIC (CO); ULTRASONIC ASSISTED EXTRACTION (UAE); URBAN SOILS;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

ACETONE; HEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCB; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; ITALY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 48149098200     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.086     Document Type: Article

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