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Thomas Peters

Professor Thomas Peters

B.S.; Chemistry, Loras College, 1968

M.S.; Central Michigan University, 2002

 

Office:    Dow 265

Phone:    (989) 774 - 2730

E-mail:    peter1tl@cmich.edu

 

Teaching: Analytical Laboratory,

CHM-211, CHM-511, CHM-120


  Selected Publications
"Steam Distillation Apparatus for Concentration of Trace Water Soluble Organics" Anal. Chem.,52, 211 (1980).

"Infrared and Raman Correlations of Arylaldehyde Azines: Asymetric and Symmetric (C=N-)2 Stretching," Spectrochimica Acta, Vol. 34A, 503-504.

"Applications of the Purge-and-Trap Technique," American Laboratory, 65-70 (July 1981).

"Sealing Techniques for Static Coating of Large Bore Capillary Columns," HRC & CC, 588, Vol. 4, No. 11 (1981).

"Comparison of Continuous Extractors for the Extraction and Concentration of Trace Organics from Water," Anal. Chem., 54, 1913 (1982).

"On-Column Injector for Capillary Gas Chromatography," Anal. Chem, 54,1893 (1982).

"Etching Borosilicate Glass Capillary Columns," Anal. Chem, 54, 2397 (1982).

"Methodology and Preliminary Results for the Isomer-Specific Determination of TCDDs and Higher Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins in Chimney Particulates from Wood Fueled Domestic Furnaces Located in Eastern, Central, and Western Regions of the United States," special publication by Pergamon Press, 1981.

"The Determination of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin in treated Wastewater," Water Research, 18, 1021 (1984).

"Low-Splitting-Ratio Injector for Capillary Gas Chromatography," Anal. Chem., 55, 2009 (1983).

"Determination of Chlorinated Dioxins in Environmental Samples: Problems and a Practical Solution," published in Proceedings of Seventh Annual Analytical Symposium, US EPA, Effluent Guidelines Division, March 28-29, 1984.

"Sampling and Sample Preparation of Environmental Material," a chapter in Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 134, Spring-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 1986.

"Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry Identification of Cyclohexane Artifacts Formed During Extraction of Brine Samples," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 110-112 (1987).

"Micro-scale Bromination Procedure for Synthesis of "2,3,7,8-Substituted" Brominated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans from [13C]-Labeled Precursors," Chemosphere, Vol. 18, Nos. 9/10, pp. 1761-1770 (1989).

"A Syringe Mountable Micro Adsorbent Column for the Concentration of Organics", Research Disclosure, Number 399, Item 39930, p. 453 (July 1997).

Patents
Patent #4,376,641 "Coated Capillary Chromatographic Column," March 15, 1983.

Patent #4,459,173 "Process for Etching Glass Capillaries for Chromatography," July 10, 1984.

Patent #4,684,470 "Apparatus and Method for Membrane Permeation Separations Using Segmented Flow," August 4, 1987.

Patent #4,834,877 "Apparatus for Membrane-Permeation Separations using Segmented Flow," May 30, 1989.

Patent #5,001,071 "Vented Retention Gap Capillary Gas Chromatography Method", Mar. 19, 1991.

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