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    13C of volatile organic compounds (VOCS) in airborne samples by thermal desorption-gas chromatography-isotope ratio-mass specrometry (TD-GC-IR-MS)

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    Turner, Nicole
    Jones, Mark
    Grice, Kliti
    Dawson, Daniel
    Ioppolo-Armanios, Marisa
    Fisher, Steven
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Turner, Nicole and Jones, Mark and Grice, Kliti and Dawson, Daniel and Ioppolo-Armanios, Marisa and Fisher, Steven. 2006. 13C of volatile organic compounds (VOCS) in airborne samples by thermal desorption-gas chromatography-isotope ratio-mass specrometry (TD-GC-IR-MS). Atmospheric Environment. 40: pp. 3381-3388.
    Source Title
    Atmospheric Environment
    DOI
    10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.01.030
    ISSN
    13522310
    Faculty
    Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry (COE)
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
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    Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry (COE )
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39840
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    This paper is a preliminary investigation into the use of a thermal desorption-gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (TD-GC-IR-MS) method to determine stable carbon isotopic compositions (d13C) of low molecular-weight volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in airborne samples (e.g. industrial and car exhaust emissions) as a means of differentiating their sources in the environment. A TD-GC-IR-MS method for obtaining d13C of VOCs (benzene, toluene,chlorobenzene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene and propylbenzene) in air samples has been optimised, and is proven to be both reproducible and linear. The d13C of the VOC standards was found to be comparable (within analytical error) to that obtained from direct GC-IR-MS analysis. This novel method of VOC analysis is valuable in environmental and forensic investigations.

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