Isotopic composition of formaldehyde in urban air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 8752-8758

  Rice, Andrew L ^a   Quay, Paul ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ATMOSPHERIC FORMALDEHYDE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROCARBON OXIDATION; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON; URBAN AIR; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEUTERIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CARBON; CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPE;

DEUTERIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CITIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 72249087763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9010916     Document Type: Article

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