Measuring real-time concentration trends of individual VOC in an elementary school using a sub-ppb detection μGC and a single GC-MS analysis

Chemosphere

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-266

  Jian, Rih Sheng ^a   Sung, Lung Yu ^a,b   Lu, Chia Jung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Micro gas chromatograph; Real time analysis; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHEMICALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); MEASURING REAL TIME; MICRO-GAS; REAL TIME ANALYSIS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

2 BUTANONE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; META XYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; REAL TIME; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LABORATORY DEVICE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICRO GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; TIME;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICRO GAS CHROMATOGRAPH; REAL-TIME ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BUTANONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCHOOLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

EID: 84893777410     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.10.094     Document Type: Article

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