DETERMINATION OF BUTYLTIN IN SEAWATER BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FLAME PHOTOMETRIC DETECTOR

A new analytical method for detecting butyltin in seawater is presented. In this method, the solid phase microextraction technique for pretreatment of the butyltin compound was used and a new type Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) was designed. Use of this method to determine the butyltin contents in Qingdao coast seawater yielded convincing results.

Determination of the volatile fraction of coal tar

The coal tar was qualitative and quantitative anMyzed by gas chromatography （GC） method. 74 components were identified exactly by gas chromatographY-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. 31 components （37%） were quantitatively analyzed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector （GC-FID）. The linearity, accuracy, precision, limit of detection （LOD） and limit of quantitative （LOQ） determination were inspected. The scope of quantitative analysis by CC was discussed. The experimental results of thermogravimetric analysis （TGA） proved that GC quantitative analysis of the coal tar was reliable.

Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Petroleum Contaminants in Soils under Tropical Weather Conditions

GC-FID methods for the analysis of Petroleum hydrocarbons were developed and optimised. Contamination of soil from the Niger Delta was investigated about 40 days after crude oil spillage from the Shell Petroleum marginal well head. Soil samples and controls were collected at depths of 0 - 15 cm, 15 - 30 cm and 30 - 60 cm. Samples were analysed using gas chromatography fitted with a flame ionisation detector. Penetration and migration of C10-C26 and C26-C34 hydrocarbons through the soil layers were assessed by cluster analysis to determine the spatial distribution, penetration and similarity of these compounds over the contaminated area. The results also indicated elevated levels of total hydrocarbon contents when compared with the reference sites. Recommendations are made to carefully monitor and remediate the environment.

Butyltin compounds in vinegar collected in Beijing:Species distribution and source investigation

Forty-eight vinegar samples including white vinegar, rice vinegar and mature vinegar were collected from several markets in Beijing. Butyltin compounds were determined by headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography and flame photometric detector after in situ ethylation with sodium tetraethylborate. Butyltin species were detected in sixteen vinegar samples and ranged from 0.012 to 14.10 lag Sn L 1. The detection rate of white vinegar is higher than that of rice vinegar and mature vinegar. Vinegar samples with relatively high butyltin concentration (〉1.5 μg Sn L-1) were those stored in plastic bags, indicating that the plastic bag was one of the possible sources of butyltin contamination. This was further confirmed by the leaching experiments of three selected plastic bags, and monobutyltin was detected in the leaching solvents. According to the estimation, the average daily intake of total butyltin compounds through vinegar consumption is about 0.04 ng Sn/kg b.w., much lower than the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of 100 ng Sn/kg b.w. set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Dispersive Liquid-liquid Microextraction for Simultaneous Determination of Six Parabens in Aqueous Cosmetics

A simple and rapid sample preparation method of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction（DLLME） was applied in the simultaneous determination of six parabens in the aqueous cosmetics. The analysis was performed on gas chromatography coupled with a flame ionization detection（GC-FID）. The mixed solution containing 30 μL of chloroform（extraction solvent） and 300 μL of tetrahydrofuran（dispersive solvent） was rapidly injected into the sample solution for the purpose of microextraction. After that, the solution mentioned above was centrifuged at 4000 r/min for 10 min, and then the organic sediment phase was detected by GC-FID. The effects of experimental parameters, such as the extraction solvent and the volume of it, and the dispersive solvent and the volume of it, on the yield of the extraction were studied in detail. Under the optimum conditions, the enrichment factors of the target analytes range from 87 to 214. Linearity ranges are 0.05-10.0μg/mL for methylparaben and 0.025--5.0 μg/mL for the other five parabens. The relative standard deviations（RSDs） are lower than 8.2%（n=6）. The proposed method was applied to the analysis of six parabens in eleven aqueous cosmetics. The recoveries of the target analytes in the spiked real samples are in the range of 81.0%-103%.

Evaluation of offline sampling for atmospheric C3-C11 non-methane hydrocarbons

The concentration variation of C3-C11 non-methane hydrocarbons(NMHCs)collected in several types of commercial flexible bags and adsorption tubes was systematically inves-tigated using a gas chromatography-flame ionization detector(GC-FID)system.The per-centage loss of each NMHC in the polyvinyl fluoride(PVF)bags was less than 5%during a 7-hr storage period;significant NMHCs loss was detected in aluminum foil composite film and fluorinated ethylene propylene bags.The thermal desorption efficiency of NMHCs for adsorption tubes filled Carbopack B and Carboxen1000 sorbents was greater than 95%at 300℃,and the loss of NMHCs in the adsorption tubes during 20-days storage at 4℃was less than 8%.The thermal desorption efficiency for C11 NMHCs in the adsorption tube filled with Carbograph 1 and Carbosieve SⅢabsorbents was less than 40%at 300℃,and pyrolysis of the absorbents at 330℃interfered significantly with the measurements of some alkenes.The loss of alkenes was significant when NMHCs were sampled by cryo-enrichment at-90℃in the presence of O3 for the online NMHC measurements,and negligible for enrichment us-ing adsorption tubes at 25℃.Although O_(3)scrubbers have been widely used to eliminate the influence of O_(3)on NMHC measurements,the loss of NMHCs with carbon numbers greater than 8 was more than 10%.Therefore,PVF bags and adsorption tubes filled Carbopack B and Carboxen1000 sorbents were recommended for the sampling of atmospheric NMHCs.