title: Determination of 14 amines in air samples using midget impingers sampling followed by analysis with ion chromatography in tandem with mass spectrometry.
abstract: An Ion Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (IC-MS) method was developed for the simultaneous quantification of 14 volatile amines in air. The method includes collection of compounds into two midget impingers in a row filled with 15 ml of ultrapure water. The analytical performances with mass spectrometry detection were compared to those obtained with classical conductivity detection. The use of mass spectrometry detection (in SIM mode) overcomes most of the coelutions encountered with conductivity detection. Although the linearity domain of calibrations is reduced for the MS detection as compared with the CD detection, the detection limits in MS detection are highly lowered allowing the quantification of amines at the levels of μg m(-3) in air with a good accuracy for most compounds (RSD of less than 10%). This method was successfully applied to the analysis of amines released from polyurethane foams. Seven amines were identified and some in high concentrations, like dimethylaminoethanol, NIAX and TEDA.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verriele
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plaisance
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Depelchin
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benchabane
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Locoge
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meunier
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000588:Amines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000588:Amines