A novel online approach to the determination of isotopic ratios for organically bound chlorine, bromine and sulphur

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3114-3122

  Hitzfeld, Kristina L ^a   Gehre, Matthias ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE REACTOR; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; OFFLINE; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SINGLE ION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053222801     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5203     Document Type: Article

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