Determination of triazine pesticides and related compounds in environmental water by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. |
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Authors: | Akiko Tanabe Kuniaki Kawata |
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Affiliation: | Niigata Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 314-1 Sowa, Niigata 950-2144, Japan. aktanabe@mail.goo.ne.jp |
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Abstract: | A method for the determination of 5 triazine herbicides and 12 degradation products in environmental water samples using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS) has been developed. The pesticides in water were extracted with two types of solid phase: a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer and a graphitized carbon black. Desorption solvents for the extracted compounds were acetone for the styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer and methanol for the graphitized carbon black. Overall recoveries from ground water and river water ranged from 73% to 111%. The limits of detection (LODs) were 0.2 to 28 ng l(-1). This method was applied to several ground water samples. |
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