Development of gas chromatography-flame ionization detection system with a single column and liquid nitrogen-free for measuring atmospheric C2-C12 hydrocarbons

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1427, Issue , 2016, Pages 134-141

  Liu, Chengtang ^a   Mu, Yujing ^a   Zhang, Chenglong ^a   Zhang, Zhibo ^a   Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Sheng, Jiujiang ^b   Quan, Jiannong ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Weather Modification Office   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary column; GC FID; NMHCs; The ambient air

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COOLING; CORRELATION DETECTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS GENERATORS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID NITROGEN; NITROGEN; OVENS; SEPARATION;

AMBIENT AIR; CAPILLARY COLUMNS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-FLAME IONIZATION DETECTIONS; GC-FID; LINEAR CORRELATION; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; NMHCS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON; LIQUID NITROGEN; AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHINA; COOLING; DESORPTION; ELUTION; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FLAME IONIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84955342516     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.11.060     Document Type: Article

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