Basic Information

Poster Number: 1420-16     Author Name: Andrea Carretta Affiliation: SRA Instruments Session Title: Environmental Analysis III Event Type: Poster Event Title: VOC Analysis at ppq Level via P&T-GC-MS Presider(s):   Start Time: ( Slot # 16 ) Date: Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 Location: Blue Area on Exposition Floor, Aisles 3300-3500 Keywords: Automation, Environmental/Water, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Volatile Organic Compounds

Co-Authors

Name Affiliation Pergolotti, Stefano SRA Instruments

Abstract Content

Using techniques such Purge and Trap, GC-MS and cryofocused injection, a very sensitive automated system was developed in order to reach a LOD of 100 ppq (with regards to several VOC analytes, in particular 1,2,3 trichloropropane and 1,2 dibromoethane; requested by italian law). The sample is processed via P&T, the trapped analytes will be desorbed into a PTV inlet kept at low temp by means of liquid CO2. The whole amount of every analyte is then transfered by ballistic PTV heating into GC column and detected by single quad in SIM mode.