Determination of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol isomers by heated purge-and-trap GC/MS in water samples from the 2014 Elk River, West Virginia, chemical spill

Chemosphere

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-224

  Foreman, William T ^a   Rose, Donna L ^a   Chambers, Douglas B ^b   Crain, Angela S ^b   Murtagh, Lucinda K ^a   Thakellapalli, Haresh ^c   Wang, Kung K ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical spill; Contamination; GC MS; Isomer; Methylcychlohexane methanol; Water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; METHANOL; OIL SPILLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL SPILL; CIS AND TRANS ISOMERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC/MS; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; SOURCE MATERIAL; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; TOTAL RESPONSE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

(4 METHYLCYCLOHEXYL)METHANOL; 4 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHER; GLYCOL; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METHANOL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCOHOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OIL SPILL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEATING; ISOMER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RIVER; SPILLAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ELK RIVER; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; METHANOL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84922184040     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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