title: Simultaneous determination of alachlor, metolachlor, atrazine, and simazine in water and soil by isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
abstract: A multiresidue method was developed for the simultaneous determination of low parts per billion (ppb) concentrations of the herbicides alachlor, metolachlor, atrazine, and simazine in water and soil using isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Known amounts of 15N,13C-alachlor and 2H5-atrazine were added to each sample as internal standards. The samples were then prepared by a solid phase extraction with no further cleanup. A high resolution GC/low resolution MS system with data acquisition in selected ion monitoring mode was used to quantitate herbicides in the extract. The limit of detection was 0.05 ppb for water and 0.5 ppb for soil. Accuracy greater than 80% and precision better than 4% was demonstrated with spiked samples.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry, New Haven, CT 06504.
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000032:analysis*; D001280:Atrazine / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis*; D007201:Indicator Dilution Techniques; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D012839:Simazine / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D006540:Herbicides; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C000188:alachlor; D001280:Atrazine; D012839:Simazine; C051786:metolachlor