Chlorine isotope analysis of organic contaminants using GC-qMS: Method optimization and comparison of different evaluation schemes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5279-5286

  Jin, Biao ^a   Laskov, Christine ^a   Rolle, Massimo ^a   Haderlein, Stefan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; DATA EVALUATION; DWELL TIME; EVALUATION SCHEME; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HEADSPACES; INSTRUMENTAL SETTING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO; MASS SPECTRA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PRE-TREATMENTS; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SPLIT RATIO; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TRICHLOROETHENES;

CHLORINE; DATA REDUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ISOTOPES;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE 37; CIS DICHLOROETHENE; ION; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT;

CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 79959283687     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200749d     Document Type: Article

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