Abstract
AbstractA simple and rapid method was developed to simultaneously determine four stilbene‐type disulfonate and one distyrylbiphenyl‐type fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) in infant clothes and paper materials by ion‐pair chromatography. FWAs were extracted from cloth and papers samples using a hot‐water extraction. The aqueous extract was then mixed with ion‐pair reagent, extracted with C18‐SPE cartridges and eluted with methanol. The contents of FWAs were determined by an isocratic ion‐pair chromatography with RP‐C18 column and equipped with fluorescence detection. Limits of quantitation were 0.04 to 0.45 ng/g in 10 g of samples. Recovery of FWAs in spiked infant cloth and paper samples was between 76 to 92% and precision (RSD) ranging from 2.0 to 4.0%. Analysis of three infant clothes and six paper materials found concentrations of selected FWAs ranging between n.d. to 24 μg/g and n.d. to 3.8 μg/g, respectively.
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