Mid-infrared sensing of organic pollutants in aqueous environments

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6232-6253

  Pejcic, Bobby ^a   Myers, Matthew ^a   Ross, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATR; Environmental monitoring; Hydrocarbon; Mid infrared sensor

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; ATR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; MID-INFRARED SENSORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED DETECTORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 70349634196     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90806232     Document Type: Article

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