Headspace-trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for determination of sulphur mustard and related compounds in soil

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1217, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2171-2178

  Røen, Bent T ^a,b   Unneberg, Erik ^a   Tørnes, John Aa ^a   Lundanes, Elsa ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyclic sulphur compounds; Headspace trap; Mass spectrometry; Soil; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MUNITIONS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DETECTION LIMITS; DUMPING SITE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEADSPACE-TRAP; HEADSPACES; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SAMPLE HANDLING; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SANDY LOAMS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TYPES; SULPHUR COMPOUNDS; SULPHUR MUSTARD; TRACE DETERMINATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

SULFUR;

1,3 DITHIOLANE; 1,4 DITHIANE; 1,4 THIOXANE; MUSTARD GAS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SANDY LOAM; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSTARD GAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77649337042     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.01.088     Document Type: Article

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