Simulation of the breakthrough behavior of volatile organic compounds against sorbent tube sampler as a function of concentration level and sampling volume

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 835, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-55

  Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Lee, Min Hee ^a   Szulejko, Jan E ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aromatic; Breakthrough; Sorbent tube; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; BENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; KETONES; MINERAL OILS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; STYRENE; THERMAL DESORPTION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

AROMATIC; BREAKTHROUGH; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; METHYL ETHYL KETONES; METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SORBENT TUBES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

ACETALDEHYDE;

2 BUTANONE; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BUTYL ACETATE; BUTYRALDEHYDE; CARBON; ISOBUTANOL; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; PARA XYLENE; PENTANAL; PROPIONALDEHYDE; SORBENT; STYRENE; TENAX TA; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; GAS; POLYMER; TENAX;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; ANALYSIS; GAS;

GASES; POLYMERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84902471783     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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