| Title: | A rapid screening method for evaluating the total migratable hydrocarbons in paper products by headspace gas chromatography |
| Author(s): | Dai Y; Zhu C; Xue M; Chai XS; Chen C; Chen R; Hu H; |
| Address: | "College of Material Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou 350002 China hhc_huichao@163.com +86-15960036871. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510641 China. Dongguan Polytechnic Guangdong 523808 China. National Center for Paper Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Dongguan 523808 China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2046-2069 (Electronic) 2046-2069 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Herein, we report a rapid screening method for evaluating the hydrocarbon contamination in paper samples by headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC). This method was based on conducting the near-complete migratable release of hydrocarbons from a paper matrix to the headspace in 35 min at 98 degrees C. By programming the GC column temperature, other co-existing volatile organic compounds in the sample can be effectively separated from the migratable hydrocarbons. To simplify the method calibration, the concept of total migratable hydrocarbons was introduced and n-pentadecane was used as the standard hydrocarbon compound in the calibration. The results indicate that the present method offers good precision (the relative standard deviation < 9.8%) and accuracy (recovery between 94.3 and 101%). The present method can be a valuable tool for the quality assessment of total migratable hydrocarbons of paper products, aiming at providing a good guidance for safely using the recycled paper-based materials in various applications" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEDai, Yi Zhu, Chuxing Xue, Meigui Chai, Xin-Sheng Chen, Chunxia Chen, Runquan Hu, Huichao eng England 2019/04/01 RSC Adv. 2019 Apr 1; 9(18):10226-10230. doi: 10.1039/c8ra09055f. eCollection 2019 Mar 28" |
