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Headspace-SPME-GC-MS Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Expanded Polystyrene

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A method for the identification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from packaging expanded polystyrene (EPS) is presented. Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) with a 75-μm carboxen-polydimethylsiloxan fiber was used as sample preparation technique before the determination of the volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). For separation of compounds, two fused silica capillary columns of different polarity (DB-5ms and BPX-50) were used. Styrene monomer with his impurities and oxidation products, as well as residual pentane, were identified in the headspace of EPS.

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Kusch, P., Knupp, G. Headspace-SPME-GC-MS Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Expanded Polystyrene. Journal of Polymers and the Environment 12, 83–87 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOOE.0000010053.20382.d7

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