DETERMINATION OF DIMETHYL SULFATE AND DIETHYL SULFATE IN AIR BY THERMAL-DESORPTION GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Citation
E. Scobbie et Ja. Groves, DETERMINATION OF DIMETHYL SULFATE AND DIETHYL SULFATE IN AIR BY THERMAL-DESORPTION GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY, The Annals of occupational hygiene, 42(3), 1998, pp. 201-207
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
ISSN journal
00034878
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4878(1998)42:3<201:DODSAD>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A method for measuring dimethyl sulphate (DMS) and diethyl sulphate (D ES) in air was evaluated, both in the laboratory and in the workplace. The method involved sampling onto sorbent tubes containing Tenax TA, followed by thermal desorption and analysis by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It was shown to be effective at measuring DMS and DES o ver the range 0.1 to 2 times the British occupational exposure limit o f 0.05 ppm for 8 hours. (C) 1998 British Occupational Hygiene Society. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.