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Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Molecular Weight 300 and 302 in Environmental-Matrix Standard Reference Materials by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

, , , and . Analytical Chemistry, 75 (2): 234-246 (2003)
DOI: 10.1021/ac0259111

Abstract

An analytical approach based on gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is presented for the measurement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with molecular weight (MW) 300 and 302 in environmental samples. Three different GC stationary phases 5% and 50% phenyl methylpolysiloxane and dimethyl (50% liquid crystalline) polysiloxane were compared, and retention indexes (RI) are given for 23 individual MW 302 isomers. Identification of MW 300 and 302 isomers in four environmental-matrix Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) (SRM 1597, coal tar extract; SRM 1648 and SRM 1649a, air particulate matter; and SRM 1941, marine sediment) was based on the comparison of RI data and mass spectra from authentic standards. Dibenzoa,lpyrene, which is of considerable interest because of its high carcinogenicity, was identified and quantified in the four environmental-matrix SRMs. A total of 23 isomers of MW 302 and four isomers of MW 300 were quantified in four different environmental-matrix SRMs, and the results are compared to previously reported results based on liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

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