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HERO ID
2321098
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Determination of fuel ethers in water by membrane extraction ion mobility spectrometry
Author(s)
Holopainen, S; Nousiainen, M; Sillanpää, M
Year
2013
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
Talanta
ISSN:
0039-9140
EISSN:
1873-3573
Volume
106
Page Numbers
448-453
Language
English
PMID
23598150
DOI
10.1016/j.talanta.2013.01.026
Web of Science Id
WOS:000319088600064
Abstract
Fuel oxygenates are environmentally detrimental compounds due to their rapid migration to groundwater. Fuel oxygenates have been reported to cause taste and odour problems in drinking water, and they also have long-term health effects. Feasible analytical methods are required to observe the presence of fuel oxygenates in drinking and natural water. The authors studied ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to determinate isomeric fuel ether oxygenates; ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), separated from aqueous matrices with a pervaporation membrane module. Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was also membrane extracted and detected with IMS. The authors demonstrated that fuel ethers (MTBE, ETBE, DIPE, and TAME) can be quantified at μg/L level with membrane extraction IMS. A membrane extraction module coupled to IMS is a time and cost effective analysis method because sampling can be performed in a single procedure and from different natural water matrices within a few minutes. Consequently, IMS combined with membrane extraction is suitable not only for waterworks and other online applications but also in the field monitoring the quality of drinking and natural water.
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tert-Amyl ethyl ether (TAEE)
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tert-Amyl methyl ether (TAME)
Initial Litsearch 6/2018
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ETBE
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