Detection of VOC's by Agilent 8697 Headspace with 7010D GC/MS/MS Using Hydrogen Carrier GasNew Organic Monitoring Techniques
Poster Presentation
Prepared by A. Willey1, E. O'Neill2
1 - Agilent Technologies, 10 Buckeye Road, Woolwich Twp, NJ, 08085, United States
2 - Agilent Technologies, , Wilmington, DE, 19820, United States
Contact Information: [email protected]; 856-269-6739
ABSTRACT
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are present in the environment and can alter the chemistry of the atmosphere. Current methods for analyzing these compounds use gas chromatography with a single quadrupole detector and the sample is introduced using a purge and trap. With a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (GC/TQ) as a detector, we can acquire in dynamic MRM (dMRM) mode which enables lower detection levels by minimizing interference from co-eluting compounds. Along with this TQ detector, we employed headspace as our sample introduction method and hydrogen carrier gas. This work describes a new method with hydrogen carrier gas and a GC/TQ to detect VOCs in water at ppb levels.
