Performance of a high flow rate, thermally extractable multicapillary dénuder for atmospheric semivolatile organic compound concentration measurement

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2098-2104

  Rowe, Mark D ^a   Perlinger, Judith A ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; CONSUMABLES; DENUDERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-FLOW RATE; HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLER; LAKE SUPERIOR; MULTICAPILLARIES; NON-POLAR; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SAMPLE CLEAN-UP; SAMPLING TIME; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLVENT FREE; STATIONARY PHASE; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; VOLUME METHOD;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAMPLING; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

DIMETICONE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DESORPTION; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PCB; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH FLOW RATE THERMALLY EXTRACTABLE MULTICAPILLARY DENUDER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 77949388873     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903002k     Document Type: Article

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