Mass spectrometric characterization of halogenated flame retardants

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1437-1449

  Guo, Tan ^a,b   Labelle, Bruce ^a   Petreas, Myrto ^a   Park, June Soo ^a  

^a Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

^b Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); DISSOCIATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACCURATE MASS; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BOND CLEAVAGES; BOND DISSOCIATION; FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HYDROGEN SHIFTS; ISOTOPE PATTERN; MASS DATA; MULTIPLE BONDS;

ETHERS;

EID: 84878494397     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6588     Document Type: Article

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