Thermal desorption comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography: An improved instrument for in-situ speciated measurements of organic aerosols

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-393

  Worton, David R ^a,b   Kreisberg, Nathan M ^b   Isaacman, Gabriel ^a   Teng, Alexander P ^b   McNeish, Christopher ^c   Górecki, Tadeusz ^c   Hering, Susanne V ^b   Goldstein, Allen H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; DUAL STAGE; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; IN-SITU; NEAR-REAL TIME; OPTIMAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC TRACERS; SECOND-DIMENSION COLUMN; THERMALLY STABLE; THERMALLY UNSTABLE; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; SMOKE DETECTORS; THERMAL DESORPTION;

INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; COLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT; HEATING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOSTABILITY; THICKNESS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84857805867     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.634452     Document Type: Article

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