Quantification of volatile compounds in the headspace of aqueous liquids using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry
- 25 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 16 (22), 2148-2153
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.849
Abstract
We describe a method by which the concentrations of volatile compounds in the headspace of their dilute aqueous solutions in sealed containers can be determined using on‐line selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT‐MS). Thus, the changing number density of the molecules of the volatile compound in the carrier gas of the SIFT‐MS instrument is described in terms of its changing flow rate as the pressure in the sealed container decreases during the sampling procedure. It is shown that the best analytical procedure is to determine the mean concentration of the trace gas in the liquid headspace over a given sampling time and relate this to the required concentration, which is the initial equilibrium concentration established before the pressure in the sealed container reduces significantly. To test the validity of this analytical approach, the headspace concentrations of acetaldehyde, ethanol and acetone above aqueous solutions of known concentrations have been determined. Hence, the Henry's Law constants for these compounds have been determined and found to agree with the published values. The confirmation of the quality of this sampling methodology combined with SIFT‐MS for the analysis of volatile compounds in liquid headspace paves the way for the rapid analyses of biological liquids such as urine and serum for clinical diagnosis and physiological monitoring. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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