scholarly journals Comparison and Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticides and Hexabromobiphenyls in Environmental Samples by Gas Chromatography-Electron Capture Detector and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Liu ◽  
X. Fu ◽  
S. Tao ◽  
L. Liu ◽  
W. Li ◽  
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1972 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Firestone ◽  
John Ress ◽  
N L Brown ◽  
R P Barron ◽  
J N Damico

Abstract Twenty-one commercial chlorophenols were examined for the presence of polychlorodibenzo- p-dioxins (chlorodioxins) and related compounds. The chlorophenols were dissolved in aqueous alkali, extracted with petroleum ether, and fractionated on an alumina column. Alumina fractions were examined by electron capture gas chromatography and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Chlorodioxin content was estimated by electron capture gas chromatography. The presence of chlorodioxins, polychlorodibenzofurans (chlorofurans), and polychlorodiphenyl ethers (chloroethers) was confirmed by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The 2,3,-7,8-tetrachlorodioxin was found in 3 of 6 samples of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol but was not detected in any of the 11 samples of tetra- and pentachlorophenol that were examined. Hexachlorodioxin was present at levels ranging from 0.17 to 39 ppm in all 8 pentachlorophenols examined. Hexa-, hepta-, and octachlorodioxins as well as a wide variety of chlorofurans and chloroethers of varying chlorine content were present in most of the tetra- and pentachlorophenols. In addition, the gas chromatographic- mass spectrometric data suggested that some of the chlorophenols contained methoxy- and dimethoxypolychlorofurans and methoxypolychloroethers as well as polychlorohy droxybiphenyl.


1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-430
Author(s):  
Peter P Schmid ◽  
Markus D Muller

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.


2001 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 1194-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luise Wennrich ◽  
Peter Popp ◽  
Gábor Köller ◽  
Jürgen Breuste

Abstract An analytical scheme for the determination of several organochlorine pesticides like hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and DDX compounds (p,p′-DDE, p,p′-DDD, and p,p′-DDT) as well as chlorobenzenes in strawberries has been developed. The procedure is based on aqueous accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) followed by solidphase microextraction (SPME) or stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and subsequent thermodesorption–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. A 65 μm polydimethylsiloxane/divinylbenzene fiber was chosen for the SPME experiments. Significant SPME and ASE parameters were optimized using spiked water and strawberry samples. For the ASE of the organochlorine compounds, a water–acetone mixture (90 + 10, v/v) as the extraction solvent, an extraction temperature of 120°C, and 2 cycles of 10 min extraction proved optimal. The developed method was evaluated with respect to precision and limits of detection (LOD). The relative standard deviations of replicate ASE–SPME determinations (n = 5) were in the range of 4–24%. LOD values between 1 and 10 μ g/kg were achieved with the exception of DDT and DDE (40 μg/kg). Using SBSE, the LOD of these compounds could be improved (2 and 5 μg/kg). The main advantages of this method are the avoidance of cleanup and concentration procedures as well as the significant reduction of the required volume of organic solvents. The described method was applied to the determination of the pollutants in strawberry samples collected from different allotment gardens in a potentially polluted area, the Bitterfeld-Wolfen region (Germany).


1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi HANADA ◽  
Kiwao KADOKAMI ◽  
Hiroaki SHIRAISHI ◽  
Kiyoshi IMAMURA ◽  
Shigeru SUZUKI ◽  
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