TY - JOUR
T1 - Trace-level determination of pesticides in water by means of liquid and gas chromatography
AU - Geerdink, R.B.
AU - Niessen, W.M.A.
AU - Brinkman, U.A.T.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The trace-level determination of pesticides and their transformation products (TPs) in water by means of liquid and gas chromatography (LC and GC) is reviewed. Special attention is given to the use of (tandem) mass spectrometry for identification and confirmation purposes. The complementarity of LC- and GC-based techniques and the potential of comprehensive GC×GC are discussed, and also the impressive performance of time-of-flight mass spectrometry. It is also indicated that, in the near future, the TPs rather than the parent compounds should receive most attention - with a better understanding of matrix effects and eluent composition on the ionization efficiency of analytes being urgently required. Finally, the merits of using much shorter LC columns, or even no column at all (flow-injection analysis) in target analysis are shown, and a more cost-efficient and sophisticated strategy for monitoring programmes is briefly introduced. © Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - The trace-level determination of pesticides and their transformation products (TPs) in water by means of liquid and gas chromatography (LC and GC) is reviewed. Special attention is given to the use of (tandem) mass spectrometry for identification and confirmation purposes. The complementarity of LC- and GC-based techniques and the potential of comprehensive GC×GC are discussed, and also the impressive performance of time-of-flight mass spectrometry. It is also indicated that, in the near future, the TPs rather than the parent compounds should receive most attention - with a better understanding of matrix effects and eluent composition on the ionization efficiency of analytes being urgently required. Finally, the merits of using much shorter LC columns, or even no column at all (flow-injection analysis) in target analysis are shown, and a more cost-efficient and sophisticated strategy for monitoring programmes is briefly introduced. © Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.1016/S0021-9673(02)00234-0
DO - 10.1016/S0021-9673(02)00234-0
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9673
VL - 970
SP - 65
EP - 93
JO - Journal of Chromatography A
JF - Journal of Chromatography A
IS - 1-2
ER -