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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 1054-1062Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac030292x
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Solid-phase microextraction has been applied for the first time to the determination of trace concentrations of some brominated flame-retardant compounds (BFRs) in water samples. For the development of the method, six polybrominated diphenyl ethers and two polybrominated biphenyls were considered as target analytes. The factors expected to influence the extraction process are fully discussed. Quantification has been performed by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry using an ion trap mass analyzer. Ibis is also the first time that tandem mass spectrometry is applied with these analytes. Unlike conventional methods for BFR analysis, which involve solvent extraction and several cleanup steps before gas chromatography, the proposed method uses headspace extraction and hard contamination of the chromatographic system is prevented. In addition, tandem mass spectrometry provides selectivity and sensitivity in the detection process. The method performs well achieving good linearity (R-2 > 0.997), precision, and detection limits (S/N = 3) ranging from 7.5 to 190 pg/L. The method has been applied to a variety of water samples.
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