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Liquid chromatography — Particle beam mass spectrometry for identification of unknown pollutants in water

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Trace enrichment on a precolumn packed with copolymer material, coupled on-line with reversed-phase, column liquid chromatography-particle beammass spectrometry (RPLC-PB-MS) has been used for both target and non-target analysis of water samples. RPLC is carried out on a C-18-bonded silica column using a linear acetonitrile-0.1 M ammonium acetate gradient. Using optimised PB-MS conditions and 100–250 ml water samples, the detection limits for several phenylureas are in the 0.03–0.05 μg l−1 range using the full-scan mode; repeatability is good and the LC-PB-MS system is robust. Several surface and drinking water samples have been analysed and low levels of various environmental contaminants have been identified using electron impact mass spectra. Applying chemical ionisation with methane as reagent gas in both the positive and negative mode in conjunction with PB-MS provides relevant confirmatory information.

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  1. R. M. Marce Recasens

    Present address: Area Química Analítica, Department de Química, Universität Rovira i Virgili, Imperial Tarraco 1, 43001, Tarragona, Spain

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    H. Bagheri, J. Slobodnik, R. M. Marce Recasens, R. T. Ghijsen & U. A. Th. Brinkman

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Bagheri, H., Slobodnik, J., Recasens, R.M.M. et al. Liquid chromatography — Particle beam mass spectrometry for identification of unknown pollutants in water. Chromatographia 37, 159–167 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02275854

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