Chemical composition of burnt smell caused by accidental fires: Environmental contaminants

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Heitmann, K ^a   Wichmann, H ^a   Bahadir, M ^a   Gunschera, J ^b   Schulz, N ^b   Salthammer, T ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active sampling; Burnt smell; Fire accident; Passive sampling; Remediation; SPME

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; FIRES; KETONES; MIXTURES; NAPHTHALENE; ODORS; REMEDIATION;

ACTIVE SAMPLING; BURNT SMELL; FIRE ACCIDENT; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SPME;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ADSORBENT; DIMETICONE; DIVINYLBENZENE;

ACCIDENT; BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REMEDIATION; SAMPLER; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

EID: 78650281756     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.065     Document Type: Article

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