Extraction of chemical impurities for forensic investigations: A case study for indoor releases of a sarin surrogate

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1339-1345

  Wahl, Jon H ^a   Colburn, Heather A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building contamination; Chemical extraction; Surrogate; Volatile organic compounds; Wallboard

Indexed keywords

ACETONE MIXTURE; CHEMICAL AGENT; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; CHEMICAL IMPURITIES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; DIMETHYL PHOSPHATES; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FORENSIC INVESTIGATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LARGE SURFACE AREA; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; NERVE AGENTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHONATES; SURROGATE; TRIMETHYL;

ACETONE; BUILDING MATERIALS; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AIR QUALITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INDOOR AIR; METHYL CHLORIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 74149094514     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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