Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications
Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Toxicology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
7-26-2010
Journal or Book Title
Analytica Chimica Acta
Volume
647
Issue
1
First Page
32
Last Page
39
Research Focus Area(s)
Land and Water Resources Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.aca.2010.05.040
Abstract
The paper describes a novel SPME-based approach for sampling and analysis of transformation products of highly reactive and toxic unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) which is used as a fuel in many Russian, European, Indian, and Chinese heavy cargo carrier rockets. The effects of several parameters were studied to optimize analyte recovery. It was found that the 85 μm Carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane fiber coating provides the highest selectivity for selected UDMH transformation products. Optimal sampling/sample preparation parameters were determined to be 1-h soil headspace sampling time at 40 °C. The GC inlet temperature was optimized to 170 °C held for 0.1 min, then 1 °C s−1 ramp to 250 °C where it was held for 40 min. Temperature programing resulted in a fast desorption along with minimal chemical transformation in the GC inlet. SPME was very effective extracting UDMH transformation products from soil samples contaminated with rocket fuel. The use of SPME resulted in high sensitivity, speed, small labor consumption due to an automation and simplicity of use. It was shown that water addition to soil leads to a significant decrease of recovery of almost all target transformation products of UDMH. The use of SPME for sampling and sample preparation resulted in detection of the total of 21 new compounds that are relevant to the UDMH transformation in soils. In addition, the number of confirmed transformation products of UDMH increased from 15 to 27. This sampling/sample preparation approach can be recommended for environmental assessment of soil samples from areas affected by space rocket activity.
Copyright Owner
Elsevier B.V.
Copyright Date
2010
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kenessov, Bulat N.; Koziel, Jacek A.; Grotenhuis, Tim; and Carlsen, Lars, "Screening of transformation products in soils contaminated with unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine using headspace SPME and GC–MS" (2010). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Publications. 919.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/abe_eng_pubs/919
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Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as Kenessov, Bulat N., Jacek A. Koziel, Tim Grotenhuis, and Lars Carlsen. "Screening of transformation products in soils contaminated with unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine using headspace SPME and GC–MS." Analytica Chimica Acta 674, no. 1 (2010): 32-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.05.040. Posted with permission.