Measurement of airborne carbonyls using an automated sampling and analysis system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 8901-8907

  Aiello, Mauro ^a,b   Mclaren, Robert ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Life Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; ANALYSIS SYSTEM; AUTOMATED SAMPLING; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DERIVITIZATION; DETECTION LIMITS; DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; DIRECT INJECTION; DNPH-METHOD; FIELD STUDIES; GLYOXAL; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICROSILICA; MIXING RATIOS; ONTARIO; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OZONE SCRUBBERS; PROPANAL; REACTION EFFICIENCY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

ACETONE; AIR QUALITY; FORMALDEHYDE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OZONE; PROJECTILES; TRACE ANALYSIS;

CARBONYLATION;

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; PROPIONALDEHYDE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AUTOMATION; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTOMATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FIELD STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT;

AIR; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; KINETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 72249113397     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901892f     Document Type: Article

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