Stable carbon isotope analysis of selected halocarbons at parts per trillion concentration in an urban location

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 340-346

  Mead, M I ^a   Khan, M A H ^a   Bull, I D ^a   White, I R ^a   Nickless, G ^a   Shallcross, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption desorption system (ADS); Automated thermal desorber (ATD); Electron capture detector (ECD); Gas chromatography (GC); Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARBON ISOTOPE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOCARBON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55149095470     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN08037     Document Type: Article

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