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Application of liquid chromatography/quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (LC‐QqTOF‐MS) in the environmental analysis
Author(s) -
Petrovic M.,
Barceló D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/jms.1103
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , quadrupole time of flight , chromatography , environmental analysis , photodegradation , quadrupole , tandem mass spectrometry , organic chemistry , physics , photocatalysis , atomic physics , catalysis
This paper gives an overview of the potentials of liquid chromatography‐hybrid quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (LC‐QqTOF) in the environmental analysis. Examples of applications of QqTOF instruments for target analysis of pharmaceuticals and pesticides are presented and discussed, as well as applications aimed on the identification of unknown compounds present in environmental waters or on the elucidation of structures of biodegradation and photodegradation products. Specific issues such as uncertainty of mass measurement and quantitative performances are discussed in details. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.