Comparing solid phase extraction and direct injection for the analysis of ultra-trace levels of relevant explosives in lake water and tributaries using liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 974-980

  Ochsenbein, Ueli ^a   Zeh, Markus ^a   Berset, Jean Daniel ^a  

^a Water and Soil Protection Laboratory (WSPL)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct injection; HPLC MS MS; SPE; Surface water quality; TNT; TNT metabolites

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

DIRECT INJECTION; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; TNT METABOLITES;

WATER QUALITY;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LAKE WATER; NICERITROL; PHENYL GROUP; RIVER WATER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WATER QUALITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLOSIVE; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; SOLID; SURFACE WATER; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METABOLITE; MONITORING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FRESH WATER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 44649145209     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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