Temporal variations of cyclic and linear volatile methylsiloxanes in the atmosphere using passive samplers and high-volume air samplers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9374-9381

  Ahrens, Lutz ^a,b   Harner, Tom ^a   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TORONTO , CANADA;

TEMPERATURE;

CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYLSILOXANE DERIVATIVE; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; DODECAMETHYLCYCLOHEXASILOXANE; LINEAR VOLATILE METHYLSILOXANE DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; AIR POLLUTANT; POLYURETHAN;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SAMPLER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLUME;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH VOLUME ACTIVE AIR SAMPLER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; UNITED STATES;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYURETHANES; SILOXANES;

EID: 84906230101     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502081j     Document Type: Article

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