Soil Organics Analysis by LC and LC/MS

Analyzing Semi-Volatile Polar Organics

Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry provides a powerful tool for identifying, verifying and quantifying semi-volatile polar organic chemical contaminants – those chemicals not amenable to analysis by GC - in soil. Contamination of soil occurs through chemical spills, natural disasters such as flooding, leakage from underground storage tanks, application of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides and distribution of biosolids from wastewater treatment for agricultural purposes, and other sources. Agilent’s solutions for sample preparation and LC/MS tools – 6100 Single Quadrupole LC/MS, 6200 Time-of-Flight LC/MS, 6400 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS, and 6500 Series Accurate Mass Quadrupole Time-of-Flight LC/MS - provide analysts with solutions that address non-targeted qualitative screening and quantitative analysis of trace level polar organics in soil.