Positive vs. false detection: A comparison of analytical methods and performance for analysis of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) in environmental samples from remote regions

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 749-756

  Warner, Nicholas A ^a   Kozerski, Gary ^b   Durham, Jeremy ^b   Koerner, Martin ^c   Gerhards, Reinhard ^c   Campbell, Roy ^b   McNett, Debra A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Evonik Industries   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background variation; Cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS); Matrix effects; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

FISH; LABORATORIES; SEDIMENTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BACKGROUND VARIATION; CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANES (CVMS); ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; LIMITS OF DETECTION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MATRIX EFFECTS; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

DECAMETHYLCYLCOPENTASILOXANE; DODECAMETYLCYCLOHEXASILOXANE; OCTAMETYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLVENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FISH; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACKGROUND VARIATION; CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANES (CVMS); MATRIX EFFECTS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SILOXANES; SVALBARD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884414432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.045     Document Type: Article

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