Determination of the Presence or Absence of Sulfur Materials in Drywall Using Direct Analysis in Real Time in Conjunction with an Accurate-Mass Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2082-2086

  Curtis, Matthew E ^a   Jones, Patrick R ^a   Sparkman, O David ^a   Cody, Robert B ^b  

^a Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^b JEOL USA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETER; NEGATIVE ION ELECTROSPRAY; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70349774553     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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