Evaluating the impact of GC operating settings on GC-FID performance for total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) determination

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-78

  Saari, Eija ^a   Perämäki, Paavo ^a   Jalonen, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

GC performance; GC FID; Mass discrimination; Splitless injection; TPH

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450223130     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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