Analytical detection of hazardous chemicals in enviromental water samples is challenging due to complex mixtures and trace concentrations of contaminants. This application shows an accurate GC-MS method for indentification and control of volatile and semi-volatile organic pollutants in drinking water, surface water and wastewater.
Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are monitored globally in the environment due to their prevalence and the risks they pose to human health. GC-MS is a common approach to analyzing semi-volatile compounds using methods that involve analyzing extracts from many types of environmental matrices, including solid waste, soil, air sampling media, and water samples.
The premium RMX-5Sil MS column, manufactured with new TriMax deactivation technology, provides a significantly more inert surface necessary to achieve symmetrical peaks for active compounds, acidic and basic analytes.
Total petroleum hydrocarbons index (TPH) is a typical environmental analysis. It has replaced the infrared spectroscopy method using problematic solvents, i.e. Freons. This gas chromatography analysis (GC) monitors hydrocarbons between n-decane and n-tetracontane. These two hydrocarbons are used as the range marker and injection efficiency control. Aditionally, the GC method has an important advantage – this can show a type of hadrocarbon contamination (e.g. gasoline, naphtha, motor oil) and weathering status (some n-alkanes disappear during their stay in the enviroment).
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