Contamination from electrically conductive silicone tubing during aerosol chemical analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2836-2839

  Yu, Yong ^a,c   Liz Alexander, M ^b   Perraud, Veronique ^a   Bruns, Emily A ^a   Johnson, Stanley N ^a   Ezell, Michael J ^a   Finlayson Pitts, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemical analysis; Contamination; Electrically conductive silicone tubing; Siloxanes

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SILICONE TUBING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SAMPLING LINES; SILOXANES; STAINLESS STEEL TUBINGS;

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICONES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL;

TUBING;

SILICONE; SILOXANE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE;

EID: 67349222953     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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