New method and detection of high concentrations of monomethylarsonous acid detected in contaminated groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5875-5880

  McKnight Whitford, Anthony ^a   Chen, Baowei ^b   Naranmandura, Hua ^b   Zhu, Chen ^c   Le, X Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MASS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC SPECIES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SITES; DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACIDS; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; DYNAMIC REACTION CELL; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROSPRAYS; ESI-MS/MS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; MONOMETHYLARSONOUS ACIDS; PRODUCTION PLANT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC DETECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL VALUES;

ACIDS; ARSENIC; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CACODYLIC ACID; GROUND WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID; MONOMETHYLARSONOUS ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SUCCIMER; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INORGANIC ACID; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955104927     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100273b     Document Type: Article

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