Ambient pressure proton transfer mass spectrometry: Detection of amines and ammonia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8881-8888

  Hanson, D R ^a   McMurry, P H ^b   Jiang, J ^b,c   Tanner, D ^d   Huey, L G ^d  

^a AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; ATLANTA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CALIBRATION STANDARD; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; DIMETHYLAMINES; DRIFT REGIONS; GAS INLET; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; SMOG CHAMBERS; TRIETHYLAMINES; TRIMETHYL AMINE; URBAN AIR; URBAN SITE;

AMIDES; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON TRANSFER;

AMINES;

AMIDE; AMMONIA; DIMETHYLAMINE; METHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT PRESSURE PROTON TRANSFER MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AMINES; AMMONIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054704710     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201819a     Document Type: Article

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