2004, Vol. 48, No. 1
Printed in the Republic of Korea
Solid Phase Microextraction-GC/MS
(DMP, DEP, DBP, BBP, DEHP, DnOP)
†‡ *
,
†
‡
(2003. 8. 18 )
Simultaneous Determination of Phthalates(DMP, DEP, DBP, BBP, DEHP, DnOP) by Solid Phase Microextraction-GC/MS
Jae-Hee Lee†, Jun-Hyun Bae‡, Jun-Gill Kang*, and Youn-Doo Kim Department of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
†Korea Water Resources Corporation, Daejeon 305-730, Korea
‡Department of Environmental Engineering, Anyang University, Kyungki-Do 430-714, Korea (Received August 18, 2003)
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ABSTRACT. A procedure based on solid phase microextraction extraction(SPME)-GC/MS has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of plasticizers. The plasticizers investigated in this study are dimethyl phthalate(DMP), diethyl phthalate(DEP), dibutyl phthalate(DBP), benzylbutyl phthalate(BBP), diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phtha- late(DnOP). The limit of detection(LOD) was 0.163~0.299 with relative standard deciation(RSD) of 5.85~15.80% for these compounds. At water reserviors of Han, Geum, Nakdong and Sumjin rivers, only DBPand DEHP were detected at trace level, 0.192~1.270 ng/ml for DBP and 0.077~1.102 ng/ml for DEHP depending on the river.
Keywords: Solid Phase Microextraction-GC/MS, Plasticizer, Simultaneous Analysis
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Fig. 8. Fragmentation of dimethyl phthalate.
Fig. 12. Chromatogram of six phthalate compounds. (a) total ion count (TIC) chromatogram of phthalate, (b) extracted ion chromatogram m/z 163 for dimethyl phthalate and (c) extracted ion chromatogram m/z 149 for other phthalate.
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Table 6. Standard Deviation and Detection Limit for Phthalates.
Phthalates Measurement No. Mean
ng/ml
SD ng/ml
LOD ng/ml
1 2 3 4 5
DMP DEP DBP BBP DEHP DnOP
0.951 0.972 0.937 1.092 1.195 1.152
1.004 0.938 0.964 0.981 1.113 1.124
1.074 1.034 0.950 0.917 0.987 1.029
1.019 0.979 0.974 0.904 0.963 1.079
0.941 1.115 1.105 1.006 1.094 0.899
0.998 1.008 0.986 0.980 1.070 1.057
0.054 0.069 0.068 0.076 0.095 0.100
0.163 0.208 0.204 0.227 0.286 0.299 average Mean = 1.017 ng/ml, SD = 0.077 ng/ml, LOD = 0.231 ng/ml
Table 7. Analysis of Phthalates in Water Samples of Han, Geum, Nakdong and Sumjin Rivers Water
System Site No.
ng/ml DMP, DEP
BBP, DnOP Water System
Site No.
ng/ml DMP, DEP
BBP, DnOP
DBP DEHP DBP DEHP
Nakdong River
N-1 0.66(±0.05) ND ND
Han River
H-1 1.31(±0.07) 1.26(±0.12) ND
N-2 0.33(±0.03) ND ND H-2 1.62(±0.14) 0.91(±0.07) ND
N-3 0.28(±0.03) ND ND H-3 1.16(±0.08) 0.99(±0.06) ND
N-4 0.42(±0.04) ND ND H-4 1.15(±0.12) 1.32(±0.08) ND
N-5 0.72(±0.05) 0.38(±0.05) ND H-5 1.11(±0.08) 1.04(±0.09) ND
Sumjin River
S-1 1.13(±0.07) ND ND
Gum River
G-1 0.26(±0.04) 0.39(±0.05) ND
S-2 0.83(±0.05) 0.62(±0.06) ND G-2 ND 0.34(±0.03) ND
S-3 0.29(±0.04) ND ND G-3 0.32(±0.03) 1.09(±0.06) ND
S-4 0.42(±0.04) 0.72(±0.08) ND S-5 0.33(±0.03) 0.76(±0.05) ND