IDENTIFICATION OF COMPOUNDS RELEVANT TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION USING SELECTIVE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY DETECTORS, GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY AND GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY FOURIER-TRANSFORM INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPY IN AN INTERNATIONAL TRIAL PROFICIENCY TEST

The results of an international trial proficiency test are described. Compounds relevant to the Chemical Weapons Convention were analyzed in rubber, paint and two soil samples by using GC with selective detecto rs, CC-MS and GC-FTIR. The analytical strategy is presented both for r outine analyses and for spectral interpretation of a compound for whic h no reference spectra are available. Three examples are given of spec tral interpretation of alkylphosphonates.