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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2023

One-dimensional and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatographic approaches for the characterization of post-consumer recycled plastic materials.

Andrea Hochegger, Sebastiano Pantò, Nick Jones, Erich Leitner

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Article in Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Andrea HocheggerUniversity of Technology Graz, Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Stremayrgasse 9/II, 8010, Graz, Austria. andrea.hochegger@tugraz.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-1800
Sebastiano PantòLECO European Application and Technology Center (EATC), Berlin, Germany.
Nick JonesLECO European Application and Technology Center (EATC), Berlin, Germany.
Erich LeitnerUniversity of Technology Graz, Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Stremayrgasse 9/II, 8010, Graz, Austria.

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Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft 878615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In September 2022, the European Commission published its new regulation on recycled plastic materials for food contact. It allows newly developed, non-authorized technologies and approaches, or so-called novel technologies, to be deployed in the field to generate the data needed for establishing regulatory and/or fit for purpose processes. The data shall be generated by using suitable methods, but the regulation does not give a more detailed description on those. In this study, commercially purchased buckets made of post-consumer recycled polypropylene were screened, using a number of different analytical approaches. Sample preparation methods, analysis techniques, and the data and information generated were compared. The results clearly demonstrate the need for a detailed characterization of such materials and the advantages and disadvantages of the analysis using conventional gas chromatography with flame ionization detection and mass spectrometery as well as two-dimensional comprehensive gas chromatography with time of flight mass spectrometry.

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Gas chromatographyGC × GC-ToFMSMass spectrometryPost-consumer recycled plastics

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PMID36820911
PMCPMC10149440

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