Application of low-temperature CP-Sil 88 column for the isomeric analysis of toxic 2,378-substituted PCDD/Fs in incinerator flyash and sewage sludge using a triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS.
Application of low-temperature CP-Sil 88 column for the isomeric analysis of toxic 2,378-substituted PCDD/Fs in incinerator flyash and sewage sludge using a triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS.
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10.1016/j.talanta.2011.09.053
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发表时间:
2011-12
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6.1
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J. Onwudili;Y. Hajizadeh;S. Zainal;J. Upton;Paul T. Williams
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J. Onwudili;Y. Hajizadeh;S. Zainal;J. Upton;Paul T. Williams
The seventeen 2378-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzo-p-furans (PCDD/Fs) congeners have been separated and analyzed in sewage sludge and incinerator flyash samples using a CP-Sil 88 column (50m×0.25mm I.D., 0.25μm film thickness) operating at a maximum oven temperature of 240°C. The column was used on a Varian 450-GC with a Varian 320-MS Triple Quadrupole. Calibration standards were used to determine the transition chemistries of the 2378-substituted PCDD/F congeners in the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC–MS/MS) system. The five-point calibration curve for each of the congeners showed very good linearity with R2values greater than 0.999. The recovery of labelled compounds ranged from 50% to 120%. Analytical results from a reference flyash (BCR-490) and a reference sewage sludge (BCR-677) compared very well with the certified values, giving percentage deviations in I-TEQ (international toxic equivalents) of 4.93% and 0.53%, respectively. Results from ‘real’ flyash samples underscored the level of progress made in the abatement of dioxin emissions from incinerators; the old incinerator flyash contained much higher PCDD/F concentrations than the modern one. In addition, the concentrations profiles of PCDD/Fs in the ‘real’ sewage sludge from two UK wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) showed that one contained a total PCDD/Fs content of 314ngI-TEQkg−1, while the other gave a total of 53ngI-TEQkg−1. Over an 18-month period of operation, no significant loss of analytical performance was observed from the low-temperature column.