Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b01647 |
Document | accepted manuscript |
Title (Primary) | Method development for selective and nontargeted identification of nitro compounds in diesel particulate matter |
Author | Bataineh, M.; Arabi, A.A.; Iqbal, J.; Howari, F.M.; Brack, W. |
Source Titel | Energy & Fuels |
Year | 2017 |
Department | WANA |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 11 |
Page From | 11615 |
Page To | 11626 |
Language | englisch |
Supplements | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b01647 |
UFZ wide themes | RU3 |
Abstract | Nitro-aromatic compounds are associated with a host of adverse human health and ecological outcomes; however, current methods of detection are limited by the lack of accuracy for the nontargeted identification of nitro compounds. This paper describes the development of a novel, accurate, and selective method of identifying nitro compounds, especially nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in complex soot mixtures. For the first time, high-performance liquid chromatography was used in combination with Orbitrap mass spectrometry for the nontargeted identification of nitro compounds. This method was validated on a mixture of 84 standard molecules containing 23 nitro compounds and then applied to a complex soot sample, the National Institute of Standards and Technology standard reference material (SRM) 1650a, to successfully identify 105 masses, 62% of which were monosubstituted nitro compounds. All nitro compounds reported in the latest certificate of analysis (COA) for SRM 1650b were successfully identified except for 1,3-dinitropyrene and 1,6-dinitropyrene. Compounds not reported in the COA of the SRM 1650b, including but not limited to 1,8-dinitropyrene, alkylated nitro-molecules of all masses in the COA of SRM 1650b, nitro-phenylnaphthalene isomers, dinitronaphthalene, nitro-phenols, nitro-keto-PAHs, nitro-carboxylic-PAHs, and other nitro partial polar compounds, were also tentatively identified. Future work will consider a larger set of classes, including isomers. This will help identify the chemical composition of mixtures in order to take proactive approaches to prevent health and environmental hazards. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=19389 |
Bataineh, M., Arabi, A.A., Iqbal, J., Howari, F.M., Brack, W. (2017): Method development for selective and nontargeted identification of nitro compounds in diesel particulate matter Energy Fuels 31 (11), 11615 - 11626 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b01647 |