A Mass Spectrometry Study of Alkanes in Air Plasma at Atmospheric Pressure

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 697-707

  Marotta, Ester ^a   Paradisi, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITIES; AIR PLASMAS; ATMOSPHERIC IONS; BRANCHED ALKANES; CHARGE-TRANSFER; COLLISIONAL ACTIVATIONS; COMBUSTION ENHANCEMENTS; COMPLEX IONS; CONCENTRATION OF; DEPURATION; FRAGMENT IONS; HYDRIDE ABSTRACTIONS; HYDRIDE TRANSFERS; I OCTANES; ION/MOLECULE REACTIONS; IONIC FRAGMENTS; LINEAR ALKANES; MASS SPECTRUM; MIXING RATIOS; N HEPTANES; N HEXANES; N OCTANES; N PENTANES; NON-THERMAL PLASMAS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; TRIMETHYLPENTANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEXANE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATES; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; PLASMAS;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 62249198278     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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