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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 624, Issue 1, Pages 90-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.06.053
Keywords
direct injection; water analysis; pesticides; method validation; rapid resolution; liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
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A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based method for the detection of pesticides in tap and treated wastewater was developed and validated according to the ISO/IEC 17025:1999. Key features of this method include direct injection of 100 mu L of sample, an 11 min separation by means of a rapid resolution liquid chromatography system with a 4.6 mm x 50 mm, 1.8 mu m particle size reverse phase column and detection by electro-spray ionization (ESI) MS-MS. The limits of detection were below 15 ng L-1 and correlation coefficients for the calibration curves in the range of 30-2000 ng L-1 were higher than 0.99. Precision was always below 20% and accuracy was confirmed by external evaluation. The main advantages of this method are direct injection of sample without preparative procedures and low limits of detection that fulfill the requirements established by the current European regulations governing pesticide detection. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All fights reserved.
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