Abstract
A simple and sensitive method for the determination of 19 chloroanisoles and 2 chloromethylanisoles was developed for water; another method was developed for sediment samples. Water samples were extracted with dichloromethane; sediments were extracted with a mixture of hexane and acetone in a Soxhlet apparatus. The extracts were concentrated on a Snyder column and then were cleaned up on an activated Florisil column. The anisoles were separated by either an OV-1 or SPB-5 capillary column and were detected by an electroncapture or a mass selective detector. Recoveries of chloroanisoles in fortified water and sediment samples generally ranged between 70 and 85%. The method detection limits were 0.02 /tg/L and 0.002 Mg/g for mono- and di-chloroanisoles in water and sediments and 0.002 jug/L and better than 0.001 jig/g for tri-, tetra-, and pentachloroanisoles in those matrixes. The electron-impact mass spectra of all chloroanisoles exhibited intense peaks for the molecular ions (M+ ), as well as (M - 43)+ and either (M - 15)+ or (M - 30)+ fragments. These masses were used as characteristic ions for quantitative and confirmation purposes.
Determination of organic and inorganic mercury species in water and sediment samples by HPLC on-line coupled with ICP-MS