Particulate organic matter spectrometry

VACUUM RADIATING DESORPTION AND INFRARED SPECTROMETRY (VRDIR) FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF SUSPENDED PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS IN ATMOSPHERE... 

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Orren [663] used atomic absorption spectrometry to determine these elements in seawater in both their soluble and insoluble forms. The alkali metals are determined directly, but the other elements are first concentrated by solvent extraction. The particulate matter content is derived by dissolving the membranes used to filter the sample and determine the metals in the resulting solution. For organic standards of known metal content, the efficiency of the technique was almost 100%. 

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Schnelle-Kreis, J., Orasche, J., Abbaszade, G., Schafer, K., Flarlos, D.P., Hansen, A.D.A., Zimmermann, R. Application of direct thermal desorption gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry for determination of non-polar organics in low-volume samples from ambient particulate matter and personal samplers. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 401, 3083-3094 (2011)... 

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