Development and validation of a method for the determination of trace alkylphenols and phthalates in the atmosphere
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In: Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 565, No. 2, 21.04.2006, p. 198-207.
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T1 - Development and validation of a method for the determination of trace alkylphenols and phthalates in the atmosphere
AU - Xie, Zhiyong
AU - Selzer, Julia
AU - Ebinghaus, Ralf
AU - Caba, Armando
AU - Ruck, Wolfgang
N1 - Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2006.02.027
PY - 2006/4/21
Y1 - 2006/4/21
N2 - An analytical method has been developed for the simultaneous extraction and determination of trace tertiary octylphenol (t-OP), technical nonylphenol isomers (NP), nonylphenol monoethoxylate isomers (NP1EO) and seven phthalates in the atmosphere using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). High volume samples were collected using a high-volume pump equipped with a PUF/XAD-2 column for air and glass fiber filter for particles. The detection limits of the method for alkylphenols (APs) and the phthalates ranged from 0.0006 to 0.034 ng m -3 in air. The recoveries of t-OP, NP, NP1EO and the phthalates for the entire procedure were satisfactory (>69%). The method was successfully applied to the determination of the analytes in the atmosphere samples collected over land and the ocean. The concentrations of t-OP, NP, NP1EO showed decline trends from land to the open sea, and the phthalates present over land and the North Sea were comparable. It is suggested that the atmosphere is a significant pathway for the transport of alkylphenols and the phthalates in the environment.
AB - An analytical method has been developed for the simultaneous extraction and determination of trace tertiary octylphenol (t-OP), technical nonylphenol isomers (NP), nonylphenol monoethoxylate isomers (NP1EO) and seven phthalates in the atmosphere using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). High volume samples were collected using a high-volume pump equipped with a PUF/XAD-2 column for air and glass fiber filter for particles. The detection limits of the method for alkylphenols (APs) and the phthalates ranged from 0.0006 to 0.034 ng m -3 in air. The recoveries of t-OP, NP, NP1EO and the phthalates for the entire procedure were satisfactory (>69%). The method was successfully applied to the determination of the analytes in the atmosphere samples collected over land and the ocean. The concentrations of t-OP, NP, NP1EO showed decline trends from land to the open sea, and the phthalates present over land and the North Sea were comparable. It is suggested that the atmosphere is a significant pathway for the transport of alkylphenols and the phthalates in the environment.
KW - Chemistry
KW - GC-MS
KW - Nonyphenol
KW - Tertiary octylphenol
KW - Nonylphenol monoethoxylate
KW - Phthalate
KW - Atmosphere
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aca.2006.02.027
DO - 10.1016/j.aca.2006.02.027
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 565
SP - 198
EP - 207
JO - Analytica Chimica Acta
JF - Analytica Chimica Acta
SN - 0003-2670
IS - 2
ER -