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Organic contaminants in the District of Columbia water supply
Author(s) -
Scheiman M. A.,
Saunders R. A.,
Saalfeld F. E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
biomedical mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0306-042X
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200010402
Subject(s) - bromine , contamination , environmental chemistry , carbon disulfide , chemistry , chloride , total organic carbon , gas chromatography , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , environmental science , organic chemistry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , ecology , biology
Thirty‐two organic contaminants have been identified in District of Columbia drinking water. These contaminants include aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorocarbons, bromine‐containing compounds, alcohols and ketones. The concentration of each constituent identified was less than one part per million. The organic contaminants were extracted from the water samples with a 1:1 mixture of carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and methylene chloride (CH 2 Cl 2 ). Each constituent was identified by its gas chromatographic retention time and by its mass spectrum.