Detection of volatile organic compounds in soils (literature review)

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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are major environmental pollutants. Due to their high mobility, they penetrate into all environmental objects, pose an environmental threat and health risks. Getting into the soil, they deteriorate its quality. VOC content requires reliable control. There is presented a review of the literature, including methods of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and regulatory and methodological documents of the Russian Federation regulating methods of selection, storage, preparation and analysis of soil samples for VOC content.

The dominant place among methods for monitoring for VOCs belongs to gas chromatography with various types of detectors. For multicomponent analysis of complex objects, gas chromatography with mass selective detection is used due to the wide capabilities provided by the mass detector. A universal mass spectrometry method used in analytical laboratories is electron impact ionization mass spectrometry. For research purposes, modern highly sensitive methods are used – mass spectrometry based on the proton transfer reaction PTR-MS, ion trap mass spectrometry PIT-MS, negative ion ionization mass spectrometry NI-PT-CIMS, time-of-flight mass spectrometry of the transfer reaction proton PTR-TOF-MS.

The collection and storage of samples for VOC analysis requires compliance with regulations to prevent both loss of analytes and sample contamination. Sample preparation includes methods such as vacuum and azeotropic distillation, thermal desorption, liquid extraction, various options for static and dynamic headspace analysis.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgment. The study was supported by the state assignment, code “Monitoring”.

Received: July 7, 2024 / Revised: July 31, 2024 / Accepted: October 2, 2024 / Published: November 19, 2024

Sobre autores

Larisa Nekrasova

Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency

Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: LNekrasova@cspmz.ru

PhD (Сhemistry), head of the Hygiene Department of the Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency, Moscow, 119121, Russian Federation

e-mail: LNekrasova@cspmz.ru

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