CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF VOLATILE ORGANIC-CHEMICALS IN NATURAL-WATERS

Authors
HARLAND BJ NICHOLSON PJ
Citation
Bj. Harland et Pj. Nicholson, CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF VOLATILE ORGANIC-CHEMICALS IN NATURAL-WATERS, Science of the total environment, 135(1-3), 1993, pp. 37-54
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Science of the total environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00489697
Volume
135
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
37 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-9697(1993)135:1-3<37:CMOVOI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The use of membrane inlet mass spectrometry for the continuous monitor ing of volatile organic chemicals at the low mug/l concentrations in n atural waters is described. The results of four field surveys undertak en between 1985 and 1988 are presented as examples of the type of info rmation this novel instrumentation can generate on the distribution of organic chemicals in natural waters. The applicability of the method for this type of analysis is also discussed with reference to the key parameters.