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Use of a moving‐belt interface for on‐line high‐performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry characterization of polycyclic aromatic compounds of molecular weight up to 580 Da in environmental samples
Author(s) -
Perreault H.,
Ramaley L.,
Sim P. G.,
Benoit F. M.,
Wise S. A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/rcm.1290051208
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , high performance liquid chromatography , volatility (finance) , mass spectrum , characterization (materials science) , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , materials science , financial economics , economics
The applicability of the moving belt high‐performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS) interface to the analysis of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in a complex sample derived from coaltar is investigated. This interface provides good preservation of chromatographic integrity and useful electron ioniation spectra of thermally stable PACs of low to moderate volatility up to molecular masses of at least 580 Da. It is concluded that this HPLC/MStechnique will be useful in the analysis of such complex samples, provided a large enoughsuite of standard compounds can be made available.