Compound specific carbon and hydrogen stable isotope analyses of volatile organic compounds in various emissions of combustion processes

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1407-1413

  Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, Christiane D ^a   Grice, Kliti ^a   Ioppolo Armanios, Marisa ^b   Kelly, David ^c   Gibberd, Mark ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass combustion; Car exhaust emission; Compound specific isotope analysis; Industry emission; Source characterisation; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM REFINING; BENZENE; CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CAR EXHAUSTS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY EMISSIONS; SOURCE CHARACTERISATION;

COMBUSTION;

ALUMINUM; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CARBON 13; CINEOLE; ETHYLBENZENE; FURFURAL; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; INDENE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; META XYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PYRROLE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFINING INDUSTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; AVENA; COMBUSTION; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS DIVERSICOLOR; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PINE; PINUS RADIATA; PLANT; THEMEDA TRIANDRA; THERMAL DESORPTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIODIA;

EID: 84866612307     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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