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Analysis of trace odorous compounds (geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol) in water by using GC/MS  

Kim, Tae-Jon (Division of Chemical Metrology and Materials Evaluation, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kim, Byung-Joo (Department of Envirnmental Engineering, Chungnam National University)
So, Hun-Young (Department of Envirnmental Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kwang, Ho (Division of Chemical Metrology and Materials Evaluation, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Publication Information
Analytical Science and Technology / v.15, no.6, 2002 , pp. 534-539 More about this Journal
Abstract
We established an analytical method for the measurement of trace amounts of earthy/musty odorous geosmin (GSM) and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) in water using GC/MS. Water samples were extracted with n-hexane (liquid-liquid extraction, LLE) and the extracts were measured by GC/MS. The extraction yields of the two compounds were tested to be ($87{\pm}8$)% and ($78{\pm}8$)%, respectively. The limits of quantitation (LOQs) of the two compounds by this method were greatly improved to ~0.3 ng/L. The analytical methods were applied to analyze water samples from several rivers in Korea and waters after water treatment processes. The highest levels of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol in raw water from a river were measured to be ($4.2{\pm}0.4$) ng/L and ($44{\pm}4$) ng/L, respectively. The levels only slightly decreased to ($1.3{\pm}0.1$) ng/L and ($18{\pm}2$) ng/L even after water treatment, indicating that the odorous compounds were not properly removed by the treatment processes.
Keywords
liquid-liquid extraction (LLE); geosmin (GSM); 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB); odorous compounds; GC/MS;
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