A Novel Method for Profiling and Quantifying Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Environmental Samples Using Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography–Electron Capture Negative Ionization High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 50; no. 14; pp. 7601 - 7609
• Main Authors: Xia, Dan, Gao, Lirong, Zheng, Minghui, Tian, Qichang, Huang, Huiting, Qiao, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 19.07.2016
• Subjects: Chlorine; Chromatography; Chromatography, Gas; Electrons; Environmental Monitoring; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; Ions; Mass Spectrometry; Paraffin; Scientific imaging

Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are complex technical mixtures containing thousands of isomers. Analyzing CPs in environmental matrices is extremely challenging. CPs have broad, unresolved profiles when analyzed by one-dimensional gas chromatography (GC). Comprehensive two-dimensional GC (GC×GC) can sep...