Development and evaluation of a method for hexavalent chromium in ambient air using IC-ICP-MS

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2021-2027

  Meng, Qingyu ^a   Fan, Zhihua Tina ^b,c   Buckley, Brian ^c,d   Lin, Lin ^b,c   Huang, Lihui ^b,c   Yu, Chang Ho ^b,c   Stiles, Robert ^b,c   Bonanno, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexavalent chromium; ICP MS; Inter conversion; Particulate matter (PM); Stability; Trivalent chromium

Indexed keywords

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; ICP-MS; INTER-CONVERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); TRIVALENT CHROMIUM;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RECOVERY; STABILITY;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; ISOTOPE; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARBONATE BUFFER EXTRACTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952445534     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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