Determination of volatile priority pollutants in water by purge and trap and capillary column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
Two wide-bore capillary columns are evaluated for their applicability to the purge-and-trap technique and GC/MS analysis of 34 volatile organics. Neither column is able to completely resolve all 34 compounds, as is also typical of the packed column; however, the analysis is faster than with the packed column (18 to 21 min compared to 30 min), and the column effluent is introduced directly into the mass spectrometer without requiring an open-split interface. Method precision, as assessed from the instrument response at a concentration of 50 micrograms/L per component, is better than +/- 5% for 41% of the compounds using the VOCOL column (diphenyl dimethyl polysiloxane with crosslinking moieties) and for 53% of the compounds using the 007 column (95% methyl 5% phenyl silicone). The instrument response is linear from 20 to 200 micrograms/L for most compounds, and the amounts loaded to either column without serious distortion of the peak shape or resolution can be as high as 5 micrograms per component. Because the VOCOL column resolved more compounds than the 007 column within approximately the same analysis time, this column is further tested for performance with groundwater samples.
- Research Organization:
- Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6376463
- Journal Information:
- J. Chromatogr. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chromatogr. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 25:7; ISSN JCHSB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTAMINATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MEASURING METHODS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
VOLATILITY
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY