Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are typically found in air in the part-per-trillion and part-perbillion by volume (pptv and ppbv) concentration range. Since both anthropogenic and biogenic sources of VOCs display significant time dependence, traditional GC/MS methodologies are unsuitable, due to preconcentration requirements and slow analysis times.
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