Analysis of the 16 Environmental Protection Agency priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high performance liquid chromatography-oxidized diamond film electrodes

2006 ◽  
Vol 1103 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Bouvrette ◽  
Sabahudin Hrapovic ◽  
Keith B. Male ◽  
John H.T. Luong
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Diamond Film Electrodes ◽  
Oxidized Diamond

scholarly journals Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Tea Infusions Samples by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorimetric Detection

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Girelli ◽  
Azzurra Apriceno ◽  
Anna maria Tarola ◽  
Francesca Tortora
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Fluorescence Detector ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

This study focuses on the contamination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency, in 10 tea brands distributed in Italy. Analyses were carried out with a procedure based on saponification, liquid-liquid extraction, and PAHs determination by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detector. A comparison with ultrasonic extraction in bath water was also reported. Contamination is expressed as the sum of analyzed PAHs and ranged between 347 and 4120 ng/L with a mean value of 1675 ng/L. PAHs with 3-4 rings were dominant with a contribution of 92%, while 7% and 1% were found for PAHs with 5 and 6 rings, respectively. Moreover, data revealed that three samples exceeded the EU 2008 criteria established for drinking water in which the sum of benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[g,h,i]perylene, and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene is considered (<100 ng/L) and two samples exceeded the 10 ng/L level allowed for benzo[a]pyrene.

High performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for rapid and sensitive analysis of six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manli Wu ◽  
Huining Xu ◽  
Ya Yu ◽  
Lili Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Tandem Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Mobile Phase ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Tandem Mass ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

A sensitive and fast method was developed to quantitatively analyse the six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (fluoranthene (FLT), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkF), benzo[a]pyrene (Bap), benzo[ghi]perylene (BghiP) and indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (INPY)) by high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupling with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Chromatographic separation was performed on a Waters Acquity UPLCTM BEHC18 column (1.7 μm, 2.1 mm × 50 mm). A 0.2 μm precolumn filter was used to protect the analytical column. Mobile phase A was acetonitrile containing 0.5% toluene. Mobile phase B was water. Linearity of detection was in the range of 1–100 μg L−1; LOD of 5 PAHs were lower than 0.1 μg L−1; LOQ were 0.2 μg L−1 except for benzo[k]fluoranthene. The LOD and the LOQ of benzo[k]fluoranthene were respectively 0.1 μg L−1 and 0.8 μg L−1. Wastewater samples collected from two wastewater treatment plants were determined using this method respectively. Recovery of all compounds varied from 67.8 ± 10.6% to 113.2 ± 7.2%. In comparison with the existing methods, this rapid method saves time and solvent and improves instrument sample throughput by 2–5 fold.

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