title: Advanced high-performance liquid chromatography method for highly polar nitroaromatic compounds in ground water samples from ammunition waste sites.
abstract: An advanced HPLC-photodiode array detection method for the determination of 12 selected highly polar nitroaromatic compounds in ground water samples of ammunition waste sites has been developed and validated. After solid-phase extraction the limits of detection were in the range 0.1-0.5 microg/l. To prove the applicability of the method to other polar nitroaromatic compounds the retention time of another 32 polar compounds under the specified chromatographic conditions were determined and their UV spectra recorded. To review the method, interlaboratory comparisons were performed with a spiked and a real ground water sample.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer-Institut für Toxikologie und Experimentelle Medizin, Hannover, Germany. alfred.preiss@ita.fhg.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Preiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: H-M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Berstermann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schmalz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steinbach
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D005389:Firearms; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000032:analysis*; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D052616:Solid Phase Extraction; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D009596:Nitrophenols; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical