On quantitative determination of volatile organic compound concentrations using proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2283-2290

  Cappellin, Luca ^a,b   Karl, Thomas ^c   Probst, Michael ^b   Ismailova, Oksana ^b   Winkler, Paul M ^c   Soukoulis, Christos ^a   Aprea, Eugenio ^a   Märk, Tilmann D ^b   Gasperi, Flavia ^a   Biasioli, Franco ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; ALPHA-PINENES; CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION; EFFECT OF WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; MASS RESOLUTION; NONTHERMAL; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICULAR CONDITION; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS; REFERENCE TECHNIQUE; STANDARD PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THEORETICAL RATES; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS ANALYZER; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; FORECASTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION RATES; STANDARDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA;

2 BUTANONE; 2 METHYL 3 BUTEN 2 OL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALKANONE; BENZENE; LIMONENE; METHANOL; METHYLVINYLKETONE; PINENE; PYRROLE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING SYSTEM; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION RATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PROTON TRANSFER REACTION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER;

EID: 84857699207     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203985t     Document Type: Article

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