Validation of a flow-through sampler for pesticides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2401-2409

  Xiao, Hang ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Lei, Ying Duan ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Breakthrough behaviour; Flow through sampler; PBDEs; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLING; AIR VOLUMES; BREAKTHROUGH BEHAVIOUR; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ELECTRICAL POWER; FIELD CONDITIONS; FLOW-THROUGH SAMPLER; LINEAR SOLVATION ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; NON VOLATILES; PARTICLE PHASE; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; SAMPLING EFFICIENCIES; SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; THEORETICAL PLATE NUMBERS; TIME TRENDS; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; WIND SPEED;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ETHERS; PESTICIDES; POLYMERS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WIND POWER;

SAMPLING;

PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PBDE; PESTICIDE; SAMPLER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WIND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SCARBOROUGH [ONTARIO];

EID: 63249092673     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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