Optimization and development of analytical methods for the determination of new brominated flame retardants and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments and suspended particulate matter

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 871-883

  Lopez P ^a,b   Brandsma, S A ^a   Leonards, P E G ^a   De Boer, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,2 bis(2,4,6 Tribromophenoxy) ethane; 2,3,4,5,6 Pentabromotoluene; 2,3,5,6 Tetrabromo p xylene; Decabromodiphenylethane; Pentabromochlorocyclohexane; Tetrabromo o chlorotoluene

Indexed keywords

1,2-BIS(2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; 2,3,4,5,6-PENTABROMOTOLUENE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; P-XYLENE; PENTABROMOCHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; TETRABROMO-O-CHLOROTOLUENE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ETHANE; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; XYLENE;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 79954427015     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-4807-8     Document Type: Article

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