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Tandem Extraction/Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Protocol for the Analysis of Acrylamide and Surfactant-Related Compounds in Complex Matrix Environmental Water Samples
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DEARMOND, P. D., A. L. DiGoregorio, AND T. L. JONES-LEPP. Tandem Extraction/Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Protocol for the Analysis of Acrylamide and Surfactant-Related Compounds in Complex Matrix Environmental Water Samples. Presented at American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, May 20 - 24, 2012.
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Ethoxylated alcohols, alkylphenols, and acrylamide are emerging contaminants with many different routes into the environment. Ethoxylated alcohols are used ubiquitously as surfactants in both industrial and household products. The use of ethoxylated alcohols and alkylphenols as surfactants raises the possibility of toxicity to aquatic life through their degradation byproducts, including nonylphenol, an endocrine disruptor. Acrylamide, a probable carcinogen, is used as a coagulant aid, a grouting agent, and is formed during the heating of starch-rich foods. Currently, standard methods are not established for these classes of compounds. Described here is the application of a tandem solid-phase extraction (SPE) protocol combined with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to analyze environmental samples for multiple classes of compounds, including ethoxylated compounds, alkylphenols, and acrylamide.
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DEARMOND 12-011 FINAL POSTER 2012 ASMS POSTER_REV2.PDF (PDF, NA pp, KB, about PDF)DEAROND 12-011 ABSTRACT 2012 ASMS ABSTRACT DEARMOND.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 16 KB, about PDF)