title: Sampling and analysis techniques for trace volatile organic emissions from consumer products.
abstract: Comparisons are made of two techniques for the trace analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer products: direct on-line sampling and analysis and on-line solid sorbent collection followed by off-line analysis. Two types of direct analyses are examined. The first consists of direct injection of emissions from a sample loaded environmental chamber into a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID) for compound identification. Direct injection of headspace collected emissions into a gas chromatograph equipped with a mass selective detector is the second direct method scrutinized. The more traditional technique of solid sorbent collection of the volatile organic emissions followed by thermal desorption (TD)/gas chromatographic (GC)/mass spectrometric (MS) analysis is compared to both direct on-line methods.
authors: Georgia Tech Research Institute, Environmental Monitoring Research Branch, Atlanta 30332.
authors: C W
authors: CW
authors: Bayer
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Black
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Galloway
mesh_terms: D003836:Deodorants / Q000032:analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D012997:Solvents / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D003836:Deodorants; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D012997:Solvents