Experimental validation of an effective carbon number-based approach for the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry quantification of 'compounds lacking authentic standards or surrogates'

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 830, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-41

  Kim, Yong Hyun ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a,d   Szulejko, Jan E ^a   Bae, Min Suk ^b   Brown, Richard J C ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon number; Effective carbon number; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry applications; Sorbent tube; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON; DESORPTION; FORECASTING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON NUMBER; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; EXTERNAL CALIBRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SORBENT TUBES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE CARBON NUMBER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84901001411     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.04.052     Document Type: Article

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