Primary aromatic amines (PAAs) in printer�s ink can be analyzed by combining the fast UHPLC separation and the mass sensitive and exact MS detection. There is a high public interest arising concerning the analysis of aromatic amines, because this class of organic compounds includes many carcinogenic members. The developed UHPLC-ESI-MS method allows for the qualification and at the same time quantification of five PAAs in only one run. The analysis time could be reduced to less than 4 minutes and the total run time to 7 minutes when a washing step and re-equilibration of the column is included. Several cold water extracts of printer�s ink were analysed with positive result for four of the five PAA�s. The presendetd method can be extended for the detection of a greater variety of PAAs caused by the mass sensitive detection method.

Simultaneous separation, qualification and quantification of primary aromatic amines in prnter's ink

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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