Quantification of VX vapor in ambient air by liquid chromatography isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometric analysis of glass bead filled sampling tubes

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1315-1320

  Evans, Ronald A ^a   Smith, Wendy L ^a   Nguyen, Nam Phuong ^a   Crouse, Kathy L ^a   Crouse, Charles L ^b   Norman, Steven D ^a   Jakubowski, E Michael ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING SYSTEM; AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYSIS METHOD; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CYCLE TIME; DYNAMIC RANGE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GLASS BEAD; INTERNAL STANDARDS; ION ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; LC/MS/MS; NERVE AGENTS; SELECTIVITY AND SENSITIVITY; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE LIMITS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRACE LEVEL; TRIPLE-QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER;

AIR POLLUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIRECT INJECTION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IONIZATION OF GASES; ISOTOPES; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POSITIVE IONS; SILVER HALIDES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAPORS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GLASS; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; MICROSPHERE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLASS; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 79951663276     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac1024683     Document Type: Article

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