Characterization of organic matter in total suspended particles by thermodesorption and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1658-1666

  ZHAO, Jinping ^a,b   PENG, Ping'an ^a   SONG, Jianzhong ^a   MA, Shexia ^a,b   SHENG, Guoying ^a   FU, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

macromolecule; organic matter; pyrolysis; thermodesorption; total suspended particles

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SALT; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FOREST SITES; FORMATION PROCESS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUANGZHOU; LOW MOLECULAR MASS; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; PY-GC/MS; PYROLYSATES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERMODESORPTION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CYANIDES; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SALTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; THERMAL DESORPTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FATTY ACID; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL; ALKANE; DESORPTION; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROLYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 72149114863     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62470-5     Document Type: Article

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