title: Analysis of highly polar compounds in groundwater samples from ammunition waste sites. Part I-Characterization of the pollutant spectrum.
abstract: Five groundwater samples from the former ammunition production site at Elsnig, Germany, were analyzed for highly polar components by LC-NMR and LC-MS. A variety of unknown pollutants could be identified. Possibilities and limitations of the combined use of LC-NMR and LC-MS techniques for on-line identification are discussed. Further unknown components were identified through isolation by HPLC cuts and off-line NMR and MS investigations. Most of the polar compounds in the investigated samples could also be quantified.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer Institut für Toxikologie und Experimentelle Medizin (ITEM), Hannover, Germany. preiss@item.fraunchofer.de
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Preiss
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elend
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerling
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tränckner
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D005389:Firearms; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D007221:Industry; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000032:analysis; D009579:Nitrobenzoates / Q000032:analysis; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000032:analysis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D009579:Nitrobenzoates; D009596:Nitrophenols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical