Development of an in situ thermal desorption gas chromatography instrument for quantifying atmospheric semi-volatile organic compounds

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 258-266

  Zhao, Yunliang ^a   Kreisberg, Nathan M ^b   Worton, David R ^a,b   Teng, Alexander P ^b   Hering, Susanne V ^b   Goldstein, Allen H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DENUDERS; DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; GAS-TO-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GASPHASE; MULTI-CHANNEL; NEW INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE PHASE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TETRADECANE; TIME RESOLUTION;

AEROSOLS; CHARCOAL; THERMAL DESORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHARCOAL; SEMI VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; STAINLESS STEEL; TETRADECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; FIBER; FILTER; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THERMAL DESORPTION AEROSOL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84872326954     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2012.747673     Document Type: Article

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