Rapid hydrocarbon analysis using a miniature rectilinear ion trap mass spectrometer

Sokol, E; Edwards, KE; Qian, K; Cooks, RG

HERO ID

664104

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2008

Language

English

PMID

18645648

HERO ID 664104
In Press No
Year 2008
Title Rapid hydrocarbon analysis using a miniature rectilinear ion trap mass spectrometer
Authors Sokol, E; Edwards, KE; Qian, K; Cooks, RG
Journal Analyst
Volume 133
Issue 8
Page Numbers 1064-1071
Abstract A miniature ion trap mass analyzer was applied to the analysis of traces of hydrocarbons and simple heteroatomics in the vapor phase and in aqueous solution. Vapors of acetone, acetic acid, acetonitrile, benzene, butanethiol, carbon disulfide, hexane, dichloromethane, naphthalene, toluene and xylenes were detected and quantified using solid sorbent trapping and, in some cases, by passage through a membrane interface. Aqueous solutions of benzene, toluene, xylenes, hexane and a petroleum naphtha distillate were examined using the membrane interface. Sampling, detection and identification of all compounds was completed in times of less than one minute. The gas-phase samples of toluene and benzene were detected at 200 ppt (limit of detection, LOD) for toluene and 600 ppt for benzene. Identification of benzene and xylene in aqueous solutions was readily achieved with LODs of 200 and 400 ppb, respectively. Quantification over a linear dynamic range of two orders of magnitude for the aqueous samples and three orders of magnitude for the vapor-phase samples was demonstrated.
Doi 10.1039/b805813
Pmid 18645648
Wosid WOS:000257839000014
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