Determination of chlorinated paraffins in sediments from the Firth of Clyde by gas chromatography with electron capture negative ionisation mass spectrometry and carbon skeleton analysis by gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Hussy, Ines ^a   Webster, Lynda ^a   Russell, Marie ^a   Moffat, Colin ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorinated paraffin; ECNIMS; Gas chromatography; Marine sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL CHALLENGE; CARBON SKELETON; CHLORINATED PARAFFINS; ECNIMS; ELECTRON CAPTURE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SHORT-CHAIN CHLORINATED PARAFFINS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON; PARAFFIN;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; ELECTRON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

FIRTH OF CLYDE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860540340     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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