Robert J. Thomas

In this study we report on the use of a field-portable GC-MS with rapid sampling techniques such as solid-phase micro extraction, purge-and-trap, thermal desorption, and heated headspace to provide a fast response for in-field-SVOCs analyses for a wide variety of environmental-type samples including potable waters, tea, plants and road gravel. We will show that this field-portable approach can provide the required sensitivity, selectivity for the effective analysis of SVOCs with very high boiling points such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs), pesticides, phenolic compounds and phthalate esters in a number of different field-based samples, in less than 10 minutes.