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GC/MS identification of organosulphur compounds in environmental samples
Author(s) -
Headley J. V.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biomedical and environmental mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0887-6134
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200140606
Subject(s) - effluent , chemistry , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , environmental chemistry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , sulfur , thiazole , gas chromatography , biodegradation , organic chemistry , environmental science , environmental engineering
Twenty‐one organosulphur compounds were detected in a survey of water, industrial effluent, sediment and fish samples, using automated gas chromatography/mass spectrometry developed for the identification of forty target semi‐volatile and volatile organosulphur compounds. The compound classes detected in the environmental samples are three allotropes of sulphur, three thioethers, five sulphones, six thiophenes, one thiol, two sulphonamides and one thiazole. The compounds were detected in the approximate concentration range 0.1 to 2000 parts per billion (ppb). α,α‐Dichlorodimethyl sulphone was detected in environmental samples subjected to biodegradation and chemical treatment.