title: Determination of N-nitrosodimethylamine in drinking water by UPLC-MS/MS.
abstract: The method for detecting N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in drinking water using ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) was improved by optimizing the clean-up procedure to remove the matrix interference in pretreatment process, and was then applied to a survey of NDMA in both raw and finished water samples from five water treatment plants in South China. The NDMA concentrations ranged from 4.7 to 15.1 ng/L in raw water samples, and from 4.68 to 46.9 ng/L in finished water. The NDMA concentration in raw water was found to be related with nitrite concentration, and during the treatment, the NDMA concentration increased following ozonation but decreased after subsequent activated carbon treatment.
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. fengmanlou2005@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wanfeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine / Q000032:analysis*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D004128:Dimethylnitrosamine