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Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection for determination of octylphenol and nonylphenol in municipal wastewater at trace levels

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Reversed-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (RPLC-FD) and with electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometric detection (RPLC-ESI-MS-MS), both coupled with automated solid-phase sample extraction, have been used for trace enrichment and analysis of octylphenol and nonylphenol (NP) in municipal wastewater.

Quality data calculated for the methods were detection limits (LOD), quantitation limits, linearity, precision, and accuracy. For LC-ESI-MS-MS theLOD were below 0.08 μg L−1. Unequivocal detection of NP in wastewater samples was achieved by use of LC-ESI-MS and LC-ESI-MS-MS. In particular, application of the LC methods to wastewater samples revealed that the selectivity of LC-MS-MS was more than that of LC-FD for qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex matrices.

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    M. Careri, L. Elviri, A. Mangia & I. Zagnoni

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Careri, M., Elviri, L., Mangia, A. et al. Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection for determination of octylphenol and nonylphenol in municipal wastewater at trace levels. Chromatographia 57, 321–327 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02492403

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