Sorbent tube sampling and an Automated Thermal Desorption system for halocarbon analysis

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Khan, Md Anwar Hossain ^a   Mead, Mohammed Iqbal ^a   Nickless, Graham ^a   Martin, Damien ^a   Shallcross, Dudley Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated Thermal Desorption (ATD); Electron capture detector (ECD); Gas chromatography (GC); Pre sampling unit; Sorbent tube

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOCARBON; NATIONAL PARK; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 68149169708     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.02.15.01(A)     Document Type: Article

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