High-precision quadruple isotope dilution method for simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate in seawater by GCMS after derivatization with triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 824, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-41

  Pagliano, Enea ^a   Meija, Juris ^a   Mester, Zoltán ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GCMS; High precision; Nitrite and nitrate; Quadruple isotope dilution; Seawater; Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate derivatization

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; DERIVATIZATIONS; GCMS; HIGH-PRECISION; ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS;

NITRATES;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SEA WATER; TRIETHYLOXONIUM FLUOROBORATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BORIC ACID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLOXONIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPLE ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELIABILITY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

BORATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; NITRITES; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899054745     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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