CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, TOXINS AND RELATED-COMPOUNDS - STATE-OF-THE-ART AND FUTURE-PROSPECTS

Methods for the identification of chemical warfare agents, toxins, bio regulators and related products are frequently reported in literature. These methods are often based on instrumental analysis us:ng chromato graphy (gas and liquid) and mass spectrometry. Here, these instrumenta l techniques are discussed in several al,plications, new developments and trends based on a review of the literature published since 1990. A part from new instrumental developments, it is shown that modern analy tical chemistry can be successfully applied to perform identification in the broad field of analytes ranging from chemical to biological war fare agents. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.