Determination of 9 kinds of volatile halogenated alkane and chlorobenzene compounds in water by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with purge and trap method

Abstract

In this study, in the face of water environmental pollution, a more simple and efficient detection method was obtained for simultaneous determination of 9 kinds of volatile halogenated alkane and chlorobenzene compounds in water by PT/GCMS. By optimizing the purge and trap conditions, the optimal experimental conditions were obtained as follows: purge time was 15 min, purge temperature was 35 °C, purge velocity was 40 mL/min, desorption time was 2 min, desorption temperature was 240 °C. The linearity of the method was good, and the correlation coefficients were all greater than 0.999. The minimum detection limit(MDL) of the method was 0.1 μg/L. The average recovery rate ranged from 85.4 %~102.1 % in surface water and drinking water with relative standard deviation (RSD) ranged from 5.3 %-9.2 % in the spiked concentration levels of 5 μg/L and 10 μg/L. This method has the advantages of simple operation, good separation effect, rapid detection, high recovery and good precision, and can simultaneously meet the requirements of 9 kinds of volatile organic compounds detection in drinking water and surface water. This work provides a new method for the detection of volatile organic compounds in water and will have great significance for the detection of water quality.