Quantitative determination of 13 organophosphorous flame retardants and plasticizers in a wastewater treatment system by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1400, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-155

  Woudneh, Million B ^a   Benskin, Jonathan P ^a   Wang, Guanghui ^a   Grace, Richard ^a   Hamilton, M Coreen ^a   Cosgrove, John R ^a  

^a AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

LC MS MS; Organophosphorous compounds; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOSOLIDS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; LC-MS/MS; ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRIS(2 ,3-DIBROMOPROPYL)-PHOSPHATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

EFFLUENTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIS(2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETREKIS(2 CHLORETHYL)DICHLOROISOPENTYLDIPHOSPHATE; TRIPROPYLPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASTICIZERS; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929945460     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.04.026     Document Type: Article

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