Rapid monitoring of volatile organic compounds: A comparison between gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Langford, Vaughan S ^a   Graves, Ian ^b   McEwan, Murray J ^a,c  

^a Syft Technologies Limited Christchurch   (New Zealand)

^b Hill Laboratories   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENERIC DATABASE; GOLD STANDARDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; KINETIC DATA; RAPID MONITORING; REAL- TIME; SELECTED ION FLOW TUBES; SIDE BY SIDES; SIMPLE++;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84889019761     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6747     Document Type: Article

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