Evaluation of Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry for Environmental Protection Agency Method 8270 (Semivolatiles in Solid Wastes)

✍ Scribed by Stacy-Ann Barshick; Suzanne M. Worthy; Wayne H. Griest

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 700 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-4198
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(199602)10:3<263::aid-rcm451>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

A capillary gas chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometric (GC/ITMS) method was investigated for the analysis of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in water, solid, and mixed waste samples. The approach was evaluated by comparing the results obtained by GC/ITMS analysis with those obtained using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) method (SW-845 Method 8270) as a benchmark. Results for the analysis of over 70 SVOCs in various sample matrices showed good agreement with, and met all, EPA Method 8270 quantification criteria. Data obtained from method validation studies demonstrated the ability to quantitate accurately target compounds in extracts that were 3100 times more dilute than those analyzed by standard EPA technology. The ability to detect surrogates, matrix spike compounds, and analytes in oily radioactive mixed waste sample extracts, five times more dilute than those analyzed by the standard EPA method, was shown.