Congener-specific concentrations and carbon stable isotope ratios (δ13C) of two technical toxaphene products (Toxaphene® and Melipax®)

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-241

  Vetter, Walter ^a   Gleixner, Gerd ^b   Armbruster, Wolfgang ^a   Ruppe, Steffen ^c   Stern, Gary A ^c   Braekevelt, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

GC ECNI HRMS; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Melipax; Stable isotopes; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS;

ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY (IRMS); TECHNICAL MIXTURES; TOXAPHENE PRODUCTS; VIENNA PEEDEE BELEMNITE (VPDB);

CARBON;

BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 9644262447     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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