Vacuum Distillation Coupled with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Environmental Samples

1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (22) ◽  
pp. 4044-4052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Hiatt
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Vacuum Distillation ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Irace Level Detection of Chlorinated Paraffins in Biological and Environmental Samples, Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry with Negative-Ion Chemical Ionization

1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-430
Author(s):  
Peter P Schmid ◽  
Markus D Muller
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Chemical Ionization ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Biological And Environmental Samples ◽  
Chlorinated Paraffins ◽  
Negative Ion Chemical Ionization

Abstract A method is described for detection of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in biological and environmental samples. Sample preparation includes sulfuric acid treatment followed by adsorption chromatography on ilumina, which yields the CPs in one fraction that is almost free of interfering material. Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry j with negative-ion chemical ionization, the limit of detection is 5 ng (corresponding to the lower ppb range). CP levels of 30 ppm, 200 ppb, ' and 5 ppb were found in sewage sludge, human fat, and sediment, respectively.

scholarly journals Identification of Chemical Substances in Environmental Samples by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi HANADA ◽  
Kiwao KADOKAMI ◽  
Hiroaki SHIRAISHI ◽  
Kiyoshi IMAMURA ◽  
Shigeru SUZUKI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chemical Substances ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

scholarly journals Comparison of pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and hyperspectral FTIR imaging spectroscopy for the analysis of microplastics

2020 ◽  
Vol 412 (30) ◽  
pp. 8283-8298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Primpke ◽  
Marten Fischer ◽  
Claudia Lorenz ◽  
Gunnar Gerdts ◽  
Barbara M. Scholz-Böttcher
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Imaging Spectroscopy ◽  
Polymer Composition ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Pyrolysis Gas ◽  
Ftir Imaging ◽  
Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography ◽  
Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

AbstractAnalysis of microplastics (MP) in environmental samples is an emerging field, which is performed with various methods and instruments based either on spectroscopy or thermoanalytical methods. In general, both approaches result in two different types of data sets that are either mass or particle number related. Depending on detection limits of the respective method and instrumentation the derived polymer composition trends may vary. In this study, we compare the results of hyperspectral Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) imaging analysis and pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) analysis performed on a set of environmental samples that differ in complexity and degree of microplastic contamination. The measurements were conducted consecutively, and on exactly the same sample. First, the samples were investigated with FTIR using aluminum oxide filters; subsequently, these were crushed, transferred to glass fiber filters, in pyrolysis cups, and measured via Py-GC/MS. After a general data harmonization step, the trends in MP contamination were thoroughly investigated with regard to the respective sample set and the derived polymer compositions. While the overall trends in MP contamination were very similar, differences were observed in the polymer compositions. Furthermore, polymer masses were empirically calculated from FTIR data and compared with the Py-GC/MS results. Here, a most plausible shape-related overestimation of the calculated polymer masses was observed in samples with larger particles and increased particle numbers. Taking into account the different measurement principles of both methods, all results were examined and discussed, and future needs for harmonization of intermethodological results were identified and highlighted.

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