Identification and determination of trinitrotoluenes and their degradation

BEČANOVÁ, Jitka, Zdeněk FRIEDL and Zdeněk ŠIMEK. Identification and determination of trinitrotoluenes and their degradation. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 2010, vol. 2010, No 3, 7 pp. ISSN 1387-3806.

Basic information

• Original name: Identification and determination of trinitrotoluenes and their degradation
• Authors: BEČANOVÁ, Jitka (203 Czech Republic), Zdeněk FRIEDL (203 Czech Republic) and Zdeněk ŠIMEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
• Edition: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2010, 1387-3806.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10406 Analytical chemistry
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.009
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/10:00043446
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000276428400005
• Keywords in English: Explosives Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Degradation products
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In the environs of ammunition plants and former military area, contaminations caused by explosives and their degradation products are of great environmental relevance. During the production of worldwide mostly used explosive compound - 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene its isomers were distributed into the environment. Therefore determination of 14 selected nitroaromatic compounds (trinitrotoluenes, amino dinitrotoluenes and diamino nitrotoluenes) by means of HPLC with UV detection and LC-MS-MS coupling utilizing electrospray ionisation was developed. Therewith, these compounds were identified and quantified on the basis of specific precursor/product ion traces using the high selectivity and sensitivity of multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM) of a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. A new stationary phase designed especially for separation of EPA explosive mixture was used for separation of specific mixture of nitroaromatics compounds.

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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)