Analysis of volatile organic chemicals in aqueous samples by purge/GC with selective water removal

A gas chromatographic method for volatile organic chemicals in which an aqueous sample is purged directly to a cryogenically cooled, fused silica column uses a Nafion tube drier between the purge vessel and GC column. The Nafion strips water from the gas stream during the purge step while allowing volatile halocarbons and aromatics to continue to the GC column. Examples of this technique are presented on 0.53 mm and 0.25 mm fused silica columns coated with a variety of stationary phases.     

Static headspace analysis of volatile organic compounds in soil and vegetation samples for site characterization

Traditional methodologies for the characterization of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in subsurface soil are expensive, time-consuming processes that are often conducted on samples collected at random. The determination of VOCs in near-surface soils and vegetation is the foundation for a more efficient sampling strategy to characterize subsurface soil and improve understanding of environmental problems.In the absence of a standard methodology for the determination of VOCs in vegetation and in view of the high detection limits of the method for soils, we developed a methodology using headspace gas chromatography with an electron capture detector for the determination of low levels (parts-per-billion to parts-per-trillion) of VOCs in soils and vegetation. The technique demonstrates good sensitivity, good recoveries of internal standards and surrogate compounds, good performance, and minimal waste. A case study involving application of this technique as a first-step vadose-zone characterization methodology is presented.     

中国车前草挥发性化学成分分析

用同时蒸馏 萃取装置(SDE)提取中国车前草的挥发性物质,测得车前草挥发油质量分数为2.79%,用GC MS法从车前草的挥发油中分离确认出20种化学成分,占挥发油总量的95.08%。用峰面积归一化法通过化学工作站数据处理系统得出各化学成分在挥发油中的质量分数。     

Synthesis of amberlite XAD-2-PC resin for preconcentration and determination of trace elements in food samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry

A new chelating sorbent has been developed using Amberlite XAD-2 resin anchored with pyrocatechol through –N=C– group. This sorbent, characterised by elemental analysis and infrared (IR) spectra, was used as packing for the minicolumn in an on-line system preconcentration system for cadmium, cobalt, copper and nickel determination. Metal ions were sorbed in the minicolumn, from which it could be eluted directly to the nebulizer–burner system of the flame atomic absorption spectrometer (FAAS). Elution of all metals from minicolumn can be made with 0.50 mol L^− 1 HCl or HNO₃. The enrichment factors obtained were 16 (Cd), 24 (Co), 15 (Cu) and 19 (Ni), for 60 s preconcentration time, and 39 (Cd), 69 (Co), 36 (Cu) and 41 (Ni), if used 180 s preconcentration time. Under the optimum conditions, the proposed procedure allowed the determination of cadmium, cobalt, copper and nickel with detection limits of 0.31, 0.32, 0.39 and 1.64 μg L^− 1, respectively, when used preconcentration periods of 180 s. The accuracy of the developed procedure was sufficient and evaluated by the analysis of the certified reference materials NIST 1515 apple leaves and NIST 1570a spinach leaves. The method was applied to the analysis of food samples (spinach, black tea and rice flour).     

冷蒿挥发油化学成分的分离和鉴定

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取了冷蒿挥发油,气相色谱-质谱联用结合计算机检索对其化学成分进行了分析和鉴定,共分离出106个峰,确定了101种化合物,它们主要是二甲基-甲撑基环庚(17.67%)、3,3,6-三甲基-1,5-庚二烯醇-2(16.40%)、3,3,6-三甲基-1,4-庚二烯醇-6(8.55%)、桉树脑(5.57%)、3,7-二甲-基2,6-辛二烯醇-1(3.85%)、神圣亚麻三烯(3.73%)、1-甲基-3-异丙基苯(3.26%)、桥环[2,2,1]萜烯(2.91%)、樟脑(2.26%)、香叶烯(2.20%),以上10种化合物占挥发油总量的66.40%。     

蛇油的挥发性成分分析和脱腥

采用水蒸汽蒸馏、黏土吸附、乙醇-乙酸乙酯共沸的方法除去蛇油的腥味,运用顶空固相微萃取(SPME)-气相色谱(GC)-质谱(MS)联用技术分析脱腥前后蛇油中挥发性成分的变化,并运用GC-MS联用技术分析脱腥后的蛇油中的脂肪酸.结果表明水蒸汽蒸馏是效果最佳的脱腥方法,它可使蛇油挥发性成分的量降至脱腥前的38%,使腥味的主要成分减少60%～100%,同时较大程度地保留了多不饱和脂肪酸.     

Analysis of volatile aromatic compounds in gasoline-contaminated ground water samples by static headspace sampling and high speed gas chromatography

A 15 second, high speed, gas chromatographic determination has been performed on the volatile aromatic compounds in gasoline-contaminated ground water following manual, static headspace sampling. Retention time reproducibility of the seven peaks studied ranged from 0.25 to 0.67 per cent (average relative standard deviation). Excellent linear correlations were obtained for plots of either peak height or peak area against the concentration of the compounds. Comparison was made between the results obtained from the analysis of three replicate samples of gasoline-contaminated ground water by the high speed GC, by two field-portable GCs, and by a laboratorybased GC. It is worthy of note that all the high speed GC analyses required for this study were accomplished in one day.     

A new functionalized resin and its application in preconcentration system with multivariate optimization for nickel determination in food samples

In this work, Amberlite XAD-2 resin functionalized with 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzenedisulfonic acid was synthesized, characterized and applied as a new packing material for an on-line system to nickel preconcentration. The method is based on the sorption of Ni(II) ions in a minicolumn containing the synthesized resin, posterior desorption using an acid solution and measurement of the nickel by spectrophotometry (PAR method). The optimization of the system was performed using factorial design and Doehlert matrix considering five variables: eluent concentration, PAR solution pH, sample flow rate, PAR solution concentration and sample pH. Signals were measured as peak height by using an instrument software. Using the experimental conditions defined in the optimization, the method allowed nickel determination with achieved sampling rate of 25 samples per hour, detection limit (3 s) of 2 μg l⁻¹ and precision (assessed as the relative standard deviation) of 8.2-2.6%, for nickel solutions of 10.0-200.0 μg l⁻¹ concentration, respectively. The experimental enrichment factor of the proposed system was 46, for 120 s preconcentration time. The proposed procedure was applied for nickel determination in food samples. Recoveries of spike additions (5 or 10 μg g⁻¹) to food samples were quantitative (94-110%).     

Determination of volatile organic hydrocarbons in water samples by solid-phase dynamic extraction

In the present study a headspace solid-phase dynamic extraction method coupled to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPDE-GC/MS) for the trace determination of volatile halogenated hydrocarbons and benzene from groundwater samples was developed and evaluated. As target compounds, benzene as well as 11 chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbons (vinyl chloride, dichloromethane, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, bromoform) of environmental and toxicological concern were included in this study. The analytes were extracted using a SPDE needle device, coated with a poly(dimethylsiloxane) with 10% embedded activated carbon phase (50-μm film thickness and 56-mm film length) and were analyzed by GC/MS in full-scan mode. Parameters that affect the extraction yield such as extraction and desorption temperature, salting-out, extraction and desorption flow rate, extraction volume and desorption volume, the number of extraction cycles, and the pre-desorption time have been evaluated and optimized. The linearity of the HS-SPDE-GC/MS method was established over several orders of magnitude. Method detection limits (MDLs) for the compounds investigated ranged between 12 ng/L for cis-dichloroethylene and trans-dichloroethylene and 870 ng/L for vinyl chloride. The method was thoroughly validated, and the precision at two concentration levels (0.1 mg/L and a concentration 5 times above the MDL) was between 3.1 and 16% for the analytes investigated. SPDE provides high sensitivity, short sample preparation and extraction times and a high sample throughput because of full automation. Finally, the applicability to real environmental samples is shown exemplarily for various groundwater samples from a former waste-oil recycling facility. Groundwater from the site showed a complex contamination with chlorinated volatile organic compounds and aromatic hydrocarbons. Figure SPDE Principle     

Development and validation of a solid-phase microextraction method for the analysis of volatile organic compounds in groundwater samples

Summary Solid-phase microextraction is a relatively recent extraction technique for sample preparation. It has been used successfully to analyse environmental pollutants in a variety of matrices such as soils, water and air. In this work, a simple and rapid method for the analysis of volatile organic and polar compounds from polluted groundwater samples by SPME coupled with gas chromatography (GC) is described. Different types of fibres were studied and the extraction process was optimised. The fibre that proved to be the best to analyse this kind of samples was CAR-PDMS. The method was validated by analysis of synthetic samples and comparison with headspace—GC. The optimised method was successfully applied to the analysis of ground-water samples.     

Analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the volatile components of Teucrium lusitanicum and Teucrium algarbiensis

The essential oils from four samples of Teucrium lusitanicum and one sample of Teucrium algarbiensis, grown in Algarve (southern Portugal) were analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Seventy-one volatile compounds were identified. Major compounds of T. algarbiensis oil were alpha-pinene (8.3%), sabinene (7.2%), beta-pinene (10.2%), limonene (11.8%) and germacrene D (7.6%). Concerning T. lusitanicum, some quantitative differences were found with regards to the major constituents of the oils from four populations: alpha-pinene (0.8-8.5%), sabinene (2.1-9.6%), beta-pinene (2.5-11.9%), limonene (1.2-11.5%) and elemol (2.6-12.0%).     

Analysis of musk fragrances in environmental samples

The methods for the determination of polycyclic and nitro-aromatic musk compounds in comparison to other fragrances such as OTNE ([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2,3,8,8-tetramethylnaphthalen-2yl] ethan-1-one) as well as those for the respective metabolites are described in this contribution. It covers instrumental aspects, as well as procedures for extraction and clean-up. Protocols for the determination of musks in water, sludge, biota, and air are summarised and discussed. Extractions by means of solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) in case of water samples are evaluated for the diverse applications, i.e., wastewater, surface water and seawater. While LLE is preferred for the analysis of bulk for transport studies and for special process studies SPE might be worth the effort. Considering sludge, sediment and biota samples, drying and successive accelerated solvent extraction. Soxhlet extractions as well as cold column extractions are being compared. ASE has proven to be the most exhaustive and quickest to adopt method. Clean-up by means of size exclusion chromatography and silica sorption chromatography with their respective merits and problems are demonstrated. Suggestions for routine and research analysis are also given. The diverse approaches for enantioselective separations are discussed in respect to HHCB, AHTN and the metabolite HHCB-lactone. The power of two-dimensional (GCxGC) approaches is demonstrated considering the various production impurities (isomers) of the two polycyclic musks with the highest usage rates. The usage of tandem mass spectrometry and high resolution mass spectrometry for the same purpose is also discussed. The identification of an isomer of the HHCB-transformation product HHCB-lactone from wastewater treatment that has not been described in the literature before, is presented as well. Additionally some ideas to make the REACh process more efficient are discussed considering the special experiences from the development of the analysis of musk fragrances in the environment.     

A novel method for the simultaneous determination of Pb (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II) in environmental water samples

A novel UV-VIS spectrophotometric method was developed in this study by using solid phase extraction procedure for the simultaneous preconcentration, separation and determination of trace levels of Pb (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II) ions in various water samples by using Amberlite N,N-bis(salicylidene)cyclohexanediamine (SCHD) resin. This study presents the results of experimental procedures carried out like the adsorption of analytes to the resin, influences of some analytical parameters that effect the recovery such as pH, sample volume, sample flow rate, eluent type and concentration, eluent volume, eluent flow rate and the effects of alkaline metals, earth alkaline metals and some other transition metals. The analytes in the samples with the adjusted pH range of 4–7 were adsorbed on XAD-4-SCHD resin and eluted by using 1.0 mol L^?1 nitric acid. The amounts of ions were determined by using UV-VIS spectrometer. The limits of detection were 0.03, 0.07 and 0.05 µg mL^?1 for Pb (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II), respectively. The accuracy of the method was assured by the analysis of the certified standard water sample NW-TMDA-70.2 and the observed recoveries were above 93%. Different environmental water samples that contain trace amounts of Pb (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II) were analysed by using the method developed in this study. Same samples were also analysed by ICP-MS for comparison and almost the similar results were observed. The method developed in this study was successfully applied to the various environmental water samples to determine the trace levels of Pb (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II) ions.     

Analysis of polychlorinated n-alkanes in environmental samples

Polychlorinated n-alkanes (PCAs), also known as chlorinated paraffins (CPs), are highly complex technical mixtures that contain a huge number of structural isomers, theoretically more than 10,000 diastereomers and enantiomers. As a consequence of their persistence, tendency to bioaccumulation, and widespread and unrestricted use, PCAs have been found in aquatic and terrestrial food webs, even in rural and remote areas. Recently, these compounds have been included in regulatory programs of several international organizations, including the US Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union. Consequently, there is a growing demand for reliable methods with which to analyze PCAs in environmental samples. Here, we review current trends and recent developments in the analysis of PCAs in environmental samples such as air, water, sediment, and biota. Practical aspects of sample preparation, chromatographic separation, and detection are covered, with special emphasis placed on analysis of PCAs using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. The advantages and limitations of these techniques as well as recent improvements in quantification procedures are discussed.     

气相色谱-质谱测定樟林番荔枝种子挥发油的脂肪酸组成

用溶剂萃取法提取樟林番荔枝果实种子中的挥发性物质,测定出其挥发油质量分数为13.3%;利用GC-MS方法分离确认出其中的9种化学成分;用面积归一化法得出了9种脂肪酸在挥发油中的质量分数;其中9-十八烯酸占49.42%,十六酸占20.37%,十八酸占14.16%,9,2-十八二烯酸占13.59%;不饱和脂肪酸,占63.01%.该项研究给番荔枝果实的深入开发利用及种质资源的有效保护提供了科学依据.     

顶空固相微萃取-气相色谱法测定环保水性涂料中的挥发性有机物

建立了一种固相微萃取．气相色谱同时测定环保水性涂料中的苯系物和卤代烃的方法。选择涂层厚度为70μm的聚乙二醇-二乙烯苯(CW-DVB)萃取纤维,对固相微萃取的萃取条件进行了优化。该法相对标准偏差小于10％,样品的加标回收率大于72．2％,已成功地测定了11种水性涂料中的苯系物和卤代烷。     

Analysis of volatile compounds in Herba Asari by single-drop micro-extraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry

A rapid headspace single-drop micro-extraction(mix) gas chromatography mass spectrometry(SDMEGC -MS) for the analysis of the volatile compounds in Herba Asari was developed in this study.A mixed solvent of n-tridecane and butyl acetate(1:1) was finally used for the extraction at 70 C for 15 min with sample amount of 0.750 g and 100 mesh particle size.Under the determined conditions,the pound samples of Herba Asari were directly applied for the analysis.SDME-GC-MS,SPME-GC-MS and SD-GCMS methods were compared and the results showed that SDME-GC-MS method was a simple, inexpensive and effective way to measure the volatile compounds in Herba Asari and could be used for the analysis of volatile compounds in complex samples.     

Determination of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons in water samples by static headspace gas chromatography with electron capture detection

A simple, efficient, solvent‐free, and commercial readily available approach for determination of five volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons in water samples using the static headspace sampling and gas chromatography with electron capture detection has been described. The proposed static headspace sampling method was initially optimized and the optimum experimental conditions found were 10 mL water sample containing 20% w/v sodium chloride placed in a 20 mL vial and stirred at 50ºC for 20 min. The linearity of the method was in the range of 1.2–240 μg/L for dichloromethane, 0.2–40 μg/L for trichloromethane, 0.005–1 μg/L for perchloromethane, 0.025–5 μg/L for trichloroethylene, and 0.01–2 μg/L for perchloroethylene, with coefficients of determination ranging between 0.9979 and 0.9990. The limits of detection were in the low μg/L level, ranging between 0.001 and 0.3 μg/L. The relative recoveries of spiked five volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons with external calibration method at different concentration levels in pure, tap, sea water of Jiaojiang Estuary, and sea water of waters of Xiaomendao were in the range of 91–116, 96–105, 86–112, and 80–111%, respectively, and with relative standard deviations of 1.9–3.6, 2.3–3.5, 1.5–2.7, and 2.3–3.7% (n = 5), respectively. The performance of the proposed method was compared with traditional liquid–liquid extraction on the real water samples (i.e., pure, tap, and sea water, etc.) and comparable efficiencies were obtained. It is concluded that this method can be successfully applied for the determination of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons in different water samples.