Abstract
A method involving solid-phase extraction (SPE) and reversed-phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has been developed for determination, in groundwater, of nitrobenzoic acids associated with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene production. Pre-concentration on a co-polymer-based SPE cartridge enabled quantitative extraction of the analytes from water. Investigation of negative ion electrospray and atmospheric-pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry indicated the sensitivity of APCI was more than twice that of ESI. An 15N-labeled internal standard was used to achieve more accurate quantitation and mass assignment. Recovery was better than 80% when 10 mL water was extracted with the SPE cartridge. Combination of SPE with LC-MS analysis resulted in method detection limits of less than 5 microg L-1. The method has been used for analysis of groundwater samples collected from a site of a former ammunition plant. Contamination with nitrobenzoic acids was determined at microg L-1 levels.
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