RAPID QUANTITATIVE-DETERMINATION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE BY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY

Authors
GAROFOLO F MARZIALI F MIGLIOZZI V STAMA A
Citation
F. Garofolo et al., RAPID QUANTITATIVE-DETERMINATION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE BY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 10(11), 1996, pp. 1321-1326
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09514198
Volume
10
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1321 - 1326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-4198(1996)10:11<1321:RQO2BI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A method for the rapid quantitative determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotol uene (TNT) is described. This method uses a Barringer Ionscan, an inst rument based on ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technology, as a detec tor. IMS is usually employed to provide semiquantitative results in a very short analysis time, An extensive statistical analysis of quantit ative results has been carried out for this study, and a linear respon se between 300 pg and 5000 pg TNT has been characterized, Detection of TNT within 0.2-1.0% of the true value was obtained with this method.