Citation: Yanhao Zhang, Yi-Jie Chen, Yuanyuan Song, Chuan Dong, Zongwei Cai. Atmospheric pressure gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of fourteen emerging polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles in PM_2.5[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(2): 801-804. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.07.022 shu

Atmospheric pressure gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of fourteen emerging polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles in PM_2.5

Yanhao Zhang ^a ,
Yi-Jie Chen ^{a, b} ,
Yuanyuan Song ^a ,
Chuan Dong ^c ,
Zongwei Cai ^{a, b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
b.
Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
c.
Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

zwcai@hkbu.edu.hk

Received Date: 4 June 2020
Revised Date: 3 July 2020
Accepted Date: 10 July 2020
Available Online: 11 July 2020

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Research on pollution characteristics and toxicities of emerging polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) in PM_2.5 has not been reported due to the lack of analytical method with the needed performance. In the present study, a novel method for the determination of 14 PASHs in PM_2.5 was developed using atmospheric pressure gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (APGC-MS/MS). Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization was operated with multiple reaction monitoring in positive ionization mode. High sensitivity (method detection limit < 1.673 pg/m³), acceptable recoveries (67.6%–120.8%) and precisions (RSD of 2.2%–15.4%) were obtained. The method was successfully applied for analyzing PASHs in 10 PM_2.5 samples collected from Taiyuan, a typical industrial city in China, in 2016. The total concentrations were from 929 pg/m³ to 14,593 pg/m³. The determined levels indicated that further investigations on environmental fate and toxicities of PM_2.5-bound PASHs may be needed.
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