Position-specific carbon isotope analysis of trichloroacetic acid by gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3659-3665

  Breider, Florian ^a   Hunkeler, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLATION; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL WATER; THERMAL DECARBOXYLATION;

CARBON;

EID: 84857200842     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5276     Document Type: Article

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