Highly sensitive determination of trace-level chlorophenols and common odorants in drinking and environmental waters
Application Note 285
Overcoming labour-intensive analysis for measuring water contaminants
A labour-saving, fully-automated, single method for the combined analysis of two important classes of contaminants in drinking and environmental waters – chlorophenols and common odorants – using immersive HiSorb™ high-capacity sorptive extraction and GC—MS is described in this application note. This method is highly sensitive, with limits of detection approximately 5 ng/L for chlorophenols and <1 ng/L for common odorants.
Laboratory tests confirm excellent linearity and reproducibility, while analyses of real-world samples have confirmed the method’s performance on a range of water matrices. It can also be fully automated, enabling unattended, high sample throughput of approximately 32 samples per system per day.
