Determination of perchlorate and chlorate in drinks by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
OBJECTIVE To establish a method for determination of perchlorate and chlorate in drinks by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS)based on isotopic internal standard method.METHODS The perchlorate and chlorate residue in liquid drinks were extracted with methanol,in solid drinks with acetic acid solution,then centrifuged.The supernatant was cleaned-up with PSA/C18 cleanup tube.The separation of perchlorate and chlorate was carried out on a Acquity CSH fluorophenyl column(100 mm ×2.1 mm,1.7 μm)and the detection was performed with tandem mass spectrometry with internal standard method for quantification.RESULTS The peak area ratio of perchlorate and chlorate had a good linear relationship with their mass concentration within their respective linear ranges,with correlation.coefficients(r)greater than 0.999.The limits of detection of perchlorate and chlorate were 0.2 and 1 μg/L respectively and the limits of quantification were 0.5 and 3 μg/L respectively.The mean recoveries of two compounds were from 84.0%to 105.5%with relative standard deviations from 4.2%to 17.0%and 82.7%to 112.1%with relative standard deviations from 5.5%to 18.4%(n=6),respectively.The perchlorates in 11 kinds of beverage samples were 0.53-4.12 μg/L,chlorates were 3.27-61.86 μg/L.CONCLUSION This method is simple,sensitive,accurate and reliable,which is suitable for the determination of perchlorate and chlorate in drinks.
perchloratechlorateisotopic internal standard methoddrinksultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry