Comprehensive non-targeted analysis of contaminated groundwater of a former ammunition destruction site using 1H-NMR and HPLC-SPE-NMR/TOF-MS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7055-7061

  Godejohann, Markus ^a   Heintz, Lea ^a   Daolio, Cristina ^a   Berset, Jean Daniel ^b   Muff, Daniel ^b  

^a BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH   (Germany)

^b Office of Water and Waste OWW   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MASS; BENZOIC ACID; BISPHENOL A; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DINITROPHENOLS; DINITROTOLUENES; DIPHENYLUREA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXTRACTION RECOVERY; H NMR SPECTRA; HEXOGEN; HPLC-UV; NON-TARGETED; OCTOGEN; POST-COLUMN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLID-PHASE; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION; SWITZERLAND; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRINITROBENZENE; ULTRA VIOLET DETECTION;

AMINES; AMMUNITION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVES; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROJECTILES; RECOVERY; RESONANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; UREA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1,3 DIETHYL 1,3 DIPHENYLUREA; 2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2 HYDROXY 4,6 DINITROBENZONITRILE; 2,6 DINITROANTHRANILE; 3,5 DINITROANILINE; 3,5 DINITROPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CYCLONITE; GROUND WATER; N METHYL N PHENYLURETHANE; N,N DIPHENYLCARBAMATE; N,N DIPHENYLURETHANE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAMPLING; TOXICOLOGY; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SWITZERLAND; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETONITRILES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349098706     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901068d     Document Type: Article

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