Determination of the sum of short chain chlorinated n-alkanes with a chlorine content between 50% and 67% in sediment samples by GC-ECNI-MS and quantification by multiple linear regression

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-39

  Geiß, Sabine ^a   Löffler, Dirk ^b   Körner, Birgit ^c   Engelke, Moana ^d   Sawal, George ^e   Bachhausen, Paul ^f  

^a Thuringer Landesanstalt fur Umwelt und Geologie   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c DVGW Technologiezentrum Wasser   (Germany)

^d Landeslabor Berlin Brandenburg   (Germany)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^f Landesamt für Natur Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorinated alkanes; Chloroparaffins; Multiple regression calibration; Priority substance; SCCP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910028114     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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