Quality assurance and quality control for thermal/optical analysis of aerosol samples for organic and elemental carbon

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 401, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3141-3152

  Chow, Judith C ^a,b   Watson, John G ^a,b   Robles, Jerome ^a   Wang, Xiaoliang ^a   Chen, L W Antony ^a   Trimble, Dana L ^a   Kohl, Steven D ^a   Tropp, Richard J ^a   Fung, Kochy K ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Atmoslytic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Elemental carbon; IMPROVE A protocol; Organic carbon; Pyrolysis; Quality assurance; Quality control; Thermal optical carbon analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION PROGRAMS; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AEROSOL SAMPLING; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; CARBON ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EXTERNAL SYSTEMS; FIELD SAMPLING; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; HELIUM ATMOSPHERE; IMPROVE-A; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; ROUTINE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL/OPTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL/OPTICAL CARBON ANALYSIS;

ACCREDITATION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HELIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; CARBON; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 81855183266     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5103-3     Document Type: Article

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