Gas chromatography-full scan mass spectrometry determination of traces of chemical warfare agents and their impurities in air samples by inlet based thermal desorption of sorbent tubes

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1225, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-192

  Terzic, Oliver ^a   Swahn, Irvine ^a   Cretu, Gheorghita ^a   Palit, Meehir ^a   Mallard, Gary ^a  

^a Ministry of National Defence   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air sampling and analysis; Chemical warfare agents; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BLISTER AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DERIVATIZATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IMPURITIES IN; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MOBILE LABORATORIES; ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS; PELTIER ELEMENTS; RAPID COOLING; RELATED COMPOUNDS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SORBENT TUBES; THERMAL DESORBER;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SORPTION; THERMAL DESORPTION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; DERIVATIZATION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SORBENT TUBE; THERMAL DESORPTION; TUBE;

ADSORPTION; AIR; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 84856233001     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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