Gas chromatography coupled to atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry (GC-API-MS): Review

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 891, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-61

  Li, Du Xin ^a   Gan, Lin ^a   Bronja, Amela ^a   Schmitz, Oliver J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Atmospheric pressure ion sources; Atmospheric pressure laser ionization; Atmospheric pressure photoionization; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOIONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTO IONIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION (ESI); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

ADHESIVE AGENT; FLAME RETARDANT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PETROLEUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID;

ANALYZER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE LASER IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTOIONIZATION; CHEMICAL DATABASE; DOPING; ELECTROSPRAY; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION MONITORING; IONIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEVICES; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84941880207     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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