Quantitative analysis of poly- and perfluoroalkyl compounds in water matrices using high resolution mass spectrometry: Optimization for a laser diode thermal desorption method

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 881, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Munoz, Gabriel ^a,b   Vo Duy, Sung ^b   Budzinski, Hélène ^c   Labadie, Pierre ^c   Liu, Jinxia ^d   Sauvé, Sébastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental design; High resolution accurate mass; Laser diode thermal desorption; Orbitrap; Perfluorinated; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIODES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; PHASE SEPARATION; STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL DESORPTION; WASTEWATER;

ACCURATE MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORBITRAP; ORBITRAP MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PERFLUORINATED; POLY AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE (PFASS); PURIFICATION PROCEDURES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; FRESH WATER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASER DIODE THERMAL DESORPTION METHOD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LASER; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LASERS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930039329     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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