Microfabricated gas chromatograph for on-site determination of trichloroethylene in indoor air arising from vapor intrusion. 1. Field evaluation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6065-6072

  Kim, Sun Kyu ^a   Burris, David R ^b   Chang, Hungwei ^a   Bryant Genevier, Jonathan ^a   Zellers, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT AIR; CALIBRATION CURVES; CARRIER GAS; CHEMIRESISTORS; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL DESIGN; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD EVALUATION; FIELD TEST; FUNCTIONALIZED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLER; IN-SITU; INDOOR AIR; INTEGRATED ARRAYS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROFABRICATED; MULTICHANNEL DETECTION; POSITIVE BIAS; REFERENCE METHOD; RESPONSE PATTERNS; VAPOR INTRUSION;

AIR QUALITY; ANESTHETICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROFABRICATION; ODOR CONTROL; SENSORS; SILICON; VAPORS;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; FIELD SURVEY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOLD; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLUME;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOFABRICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UTAH; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84861884620     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204624z     Document Type: Article

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