13C/12C analysis of ultra-trace amounts of volatile organic contaminants in groundwater by vacuum extraction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1023-1029

  Amaral, Helena I F ^a,b,c   Berg, Michael ^a,b   Brennwald, Matthias S ^a   Hofer, Markus ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; C ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDIES; IN-SITU ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LIMITS OF QUANTIFICATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; NOBLE GAS; O-XYLENE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; P-XYLENE; PURGE-AND-TRAP; ULTRATRACES; VACUUM EXTRACTION; WATER SAMPLES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TOLUENE; TRACE ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS; XYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CARBON; CARBON 13; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DRINKING WATER; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; ORTHO XYLENE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOBLE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VACUUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 75749125381     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901760q     Document Type: Article

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