Determination of Amines in Particulate Matter by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
10.11895/j.issn.0253-3820.170086
- VernacularTitle:气相色谱-质谱法测定大气颗粒物中的有机胺类物质
- Author:
Fengxian LIU
;
Xinhui BI
;
Zhaofang REN
;
Guohua ZHANG
;
Xinming WANG
;
Pingan PENG
;
Guoying SHENG
- Keywords:
Atmospheric particulates;
Amines;
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- From:
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry
2017;45(4):477-482
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A method was developed for determination of thirteen amines including seven aliphatic amines, two heterocyclic amines and four aromatic amines in atmospheric particulate matter (PM) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Samples were ultrasonically extracted with ultra-pure water and derivatized with benzenesulfonyl chloride (BSC) under alkaline conditions. The derivatives were extracted with dichloromethane and then detected by GC-MS using DB-5MS chromatographic column. The method detection limit (S/N=3) and quantitation limit (S/N=10) were 0.00008-0.017 μg/mL and 0.00026-0.0565 μg/mL respectively, and the correlation coefficients were 0.9903-0.9996, which indicated that the standard curve had good linear correlation. In addition, the relative standard deviation was less than 30% and the average recovery was 54.4%-159.7% except for methylamine and benzylamine at spiked level of 1.0 μg/mL, showing high precision and accuracy. 9 kinds of amines were detected in the PM2.5 samples collected in Guangzhou city by this method, among which dimethylamine and butylamine accounted for 90% of the total nine amines, which indicated that they were primary amines in PM2.5; while propylamine exhibited the lowest level in PM2.5 with the concentration less than 1.0 ng/m3.