Determination of semi-volatile organochlorine compounds in the atmosphere of Singapore using accelerated solvent extraction

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-648

  He, Jun ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a   Karthikeyan, Sathrugnan ^a   Joshi, Umid Man ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accelerated solvent extraction; Atmosphere, Singapore; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION; AIR SAMPLES; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; AS EXTRACTIONS; ATMOSPHERE, SINGAPORE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; EXTRACTION TEMPERATURES; EXTRACTION TIME; GASEOUS PHASE; MOLECULAR RATIOS; N HEXANES; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; QUANTITATIVE EXTRACTIONS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ACETONE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEXANE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SOLVENTS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ACETONE; DICHLOROPHENYLETHANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT; TRAJECTORY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINGAPORE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SINGAPORE; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 63749102748     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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