Sampling VOCs with porous suction samplers in the presence of ethanol: How much are we losing?

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 83-92

  Freitas, Juliana G ^a   Barker, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ASTROPHYSICS; BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHANOL; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUID FUELS; MECHANISMS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SAMPLING; SORPTION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER WELLS; XYLENE;

AQUEOUS PHASE; COSOLVENT EFFECTS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION; GROUND WATERS; HEAD SPACE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS LOSSES; SAMPLING LINES; VADOSE ZONES; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 50249113207     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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