It took a while, but finally it is done. After circulating the draft, good reviews and some modifications, which consisted mostly of removing content, the first paper on my research will get published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. Watch the “Online First” section for an online pre-release soon.
For the final version, we have condensed the article to the method presentation and removed results from filter and irradiation experiments that were not only fairly preliminary, but also a step ahead of the original method development. The article title is “Determination of a Wide Range of Volatile and Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Snow Using Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME)” and this what it is about. We present qualitative data for numerous compounds in snow obtained from the headspace and liquid phases of a melted snow sample and quantitative data for 12 selected VOC in the lower [µg/L] range.
To our knowledge it is the first application of SPME for the determination of VOC in snow and has some remarkable advantages, such as suitability for field measurements and solvent-less application, which facilitates easy sample collection in remote and ecologically sensitive areas.
