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TALANTA
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 353-355Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2012.03.028
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Bisphenol A; Polysulfone; Ultrafilter; Ultrapure water; LC-MS
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Ultrapure water produced by a water purification system is one of the most essential and widely used reagents in laboratories. However, its quality is usually the least well-characterized and often overlooked. Here we investigate the contamination of ultrapure water by bisphenol A (BPA) leached from a polysulfone (PS) ultrafilter in a water purification system. To evaluate the level of BPA in ultrapure water, we used an offline solid-phase extraction (SPE) coupled with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Initial BPA level leached from a new PS ultrafilter was 0.70 +/- 0.06 ng/mL. The concentration of BPA decreased gradually with continuous dispensation of purified water and was 0.20 +/- 0.02 ng/mL at 33.5-L dispensation. The total amount of extractable BPA was 64.4 +/- 1.4 mu g per PS ultrafilter. The cumulative amount of BPA leached during dispensation of 33.5-L water was 1.2 +/- 0.1 mu g, which only accounts for 2% of the total amount of extractable BPA. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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