GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials

Organic Mass Spectrometry in Art and Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 215-235

  Modugno, Francesca ^a   Ribechini, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline hydrolysis and silylation (BSTFA) and GC MS analysis; Archaeological bark tar; Archaeological frankincense; Electron ionization (EI) mass spectra of TMS ethers and esters; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); GC MS and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC MS); GC MS and studying complex organic mixtures in paint samples; GC MS in resinous materials characterisation; Headspace solid phase microextraction (HS SPME); Pyrolysis GC MS applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954595418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741917.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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