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ArticleJournal of chromatography. A2023

Method development for thermal desorption-gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS/MS) analysis of trace level fluorotelomer alcohols emitted from consumer products.

Zachary G Robbins, Xiaoyu Liu, Brian A Schumacher, Marci G Smeltz, Hannah K Liberatore

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Article in Journal of chromatography. A, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Zachary G RobbinsOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Postdoctoral Fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States.
Xiaoyu LiuU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States. Electronic address: liu.xiaoyu@epa.gov.
Brian A SchumacherU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, 960 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30605, United States.
Marci G SmeltzU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States.
Hannah K LiberatoreU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States.
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Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The scientific foundation for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measurements in water, soils, sediments, biosolids, biota, and outdoor air has rapidly expanded; however, there are limited efforts devoted to developing analytical methods to measure vapor-phase PFAS in indoor air. A gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) method coupled with thermal desorption (TD) sorbent tube analysis was developed to quantify trace levels of fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) emitted from consumer products in the indoor environment. Method evaluation included determination of instrument detection limits (IDLs), quality assurance checks of target standards purchased from different vendors, sample loss during storage, and TD sorbent breakthrough with tubes coupled in-series. The IDLs for TD-GC-MS/MS analyses ranged from 0.07 - 0.09 ng/tube. No significant loss of FTOHs was observed during stability tests over 28 days with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of spiked TD tubes ranging from 3.1 - 7.7% and the RSDs of polypropylene copolymer vial storage of standard solutions ranging from 4.3 - 8.4%. TD tube breakthrough was minimal with recovered FTOHs in the second tubes <1% of the spiked concentrations in the first tubes with carrier gas volume up to 20 L. The method has been applied to determine FTOH emissions from three consumer products in micro-scale chambers. A liquid stone cleaner/sealer product contained the highest levels of 6:2, 8:2, and 10:2 FTOHs, while the mattress pad products contained lower levels of 8:2 and 10:2 FTOHs. The emission parameters, including the initial emission factors and first order decay rate constants, were obtained based on the experimental data. The developed methods are sensitive and specific for analysis of all four target FTOHs (4:2, 6:2, 8:2, 10:2 FTOHs) with chamber testing. The methods can be extended to indoor air sampling and could be applicable to ambient air sampling.

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FluorocarbonsTandem Mass SpectrometryAirGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryFluorocarbonsfluorotelomer alcoholsConsumer productsEmissionsGas chromatography­ tandem mass spectrometryPFASThermal desorption

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PMID37442069
PMCPMC10563302
OpenAlexW4383313566

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