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Schreglmann, K. ; Hoeche, M. ; Steinbeiss, S. ; Reinnicke, S. ; Elsner, M.

Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater.

Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 405, 2857-2867 (2013)
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Environmental degradation of organic micropollutants is difficult to monitor due to their diffuse and ubiquitous input. Current approaches-concentration measurements over time, or daughter-to-parent compound ratios-may fall short, because they do not consider dilution, compound-specific sorption characteristics or alternative degradation pathways. Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) offers an alternative approach based on evidence from isotope values. Until now, however, the relatively high limits for precise isotope analysis by gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-IRMS) have impeded CSIA of sub-microgram-per-liter scale micropollutant concentrations in field samples. This study presents the first measurements of C and N isotope ratios of the herbicide atrazine and its metabolite desethylatrazine at concentrations of 100 to 1,000 ng/L in natural groundwater samples. Solid-phase extraction and preparative HPLC were tested and validated for preconcentration and cleanup of groundwater samples of up to 10 L without bias by isotope effects. Matrix interferences after solid-phase extraction could be greatly reduced by a preparative HPLC cleanup step prior to GC-IRMS analysis. Sensitivity was increased by a factor of 6 to 8 by changing the injection method from large-volume to cold-on-column injection on the GC-IRMS system. Carbon and nitrogen isotope values of field samples showed no obvious correlation with concentrations or desethylatrazine-to-atrazine ratios. Contrary to expectations, however, delta (13) C values of desethylatrazine were consistently less negative than those of atrazine from the same sites. Potentially, this line of evidence may contain information about further desethylatrazine degradation. In such a case, the common practice of using desethylatrazine-to-atrazine ratios would underestimate natural atrazine degradation.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Compound-specific Isotope Analysis ; Pesticides ; Micropollutants ; Field Samples ; On-column Injection; Ratio Mass-spectrometry ; Tert-butyl Ether ; Biodegradation Pathways ; Organic Contaminants ; Toluene Degradation ; Technical Report ; Fractionation ; Transformation ; Hydrogen ; Soil
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2013
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2013
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1618-2642
e-ISSN 1618-2650
Zeitschrift Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Quellenangaben Band: 405, Heft: 9, Seiten: 2857-2867 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Springer
Verlagsort Heidelberg
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
POF Topic(s) 20403 - Sustainable Water Management
Forschungsfeld(er) Environmental Sciences
PSP-Element(e) G-504390-001
PubMed ID 23274558
DOI 10.1007/s00216-012-6616-0
WOS ID WOS:000316016400011
Scopus ID 84880121379
Scopus ID 84871602355
Erfassungsdatum 2013-04-04
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