title: Quantitative gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a review.
abstract: Time-of-flight (TOF) instruments have recently gained popularity in quantitative analyses. Normally, TOF mass spectrometers are used for accurate mass measurements for empirical formula verification. However, over the past decade, they have been used quantitatively as well. Because of the fast separations and narrow peaks that result from gas chromatography separations, scanning mass spectrometers are not ideal detectors. TOF mass spectrometers, however, have the ability to collect spectra at a faster rate. Two-dimensional gas chromatography has also been introduced to further resolve peaks from complex matrices. Two-dimensional gas chromatography results in a faster separation as well as narrower peaks. This paper reviews the methods currently in the literature for the quantitation of compounds using one- and two-dimensional gas chromatography and TOF mass spectrometry detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2352, USA.
authors.forename: Leah N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bartlett
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D005504:Food Analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants