DETERMINATION OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR DEGRADATION PRODUCTS IN UNSATURATED-ZONE WATER SAMPLES BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH PHOTODIODE-ARRAY, MASS-SPECTROMETRIC, AND TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION

Authors
GATES PM FURLONG ET DORSEY TF BURKHARDT MR
Citation
Pm. Gates et al., DETERMINATION OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES AND THEIR DEGRADATION PRODUCTS IN UNSATURATED-ZONE WATER SAMPLES BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH PHOTODIODE-ARRAY, MASS-SPECTROMETRIC, AND TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION, TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry, 15(8), 1996, pp. 319-325
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
01659936
Volume
15
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
319 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-9936(1996)15:8<319:DONEAT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry, coupled by a thermospr ay interface to a high-performance liquid chromatography system and eq uipped with a photodiode array detector, were used to determine the pr esence of nitroaromatic explosives and their degradation products in U SA unsaturated-zone water samples. Using this approach, the lower limi ts of quantitation for explosives determined by mass spectrometry in t his study typically ranged from 10 to 100 ng/l.