Title: | Identification and Quantitation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Kitchen Utensils by Headspace Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry |
Author(s): | Ohno H; Mutsuga M; Kawamura Y; |
Address: | "Nagoya City Public Health Research Institute, Environmental Health Department, 1-11, Hagiyama-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8615, Japan" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1944-7922 (Electronic) 1060-3271 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "A headspace GC/MS method was developed for identification and quantitation of residual volatile organic compounds in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) kitchen utensils. A sample was cut into small pieces, then N,N-dimethylacetamide was added in a headspace vial and sealed. After storing for more than 1 day at room temperature, the vial was incubated for 1 h at 90 degrees C, and the headspace gas was analyzed by GC/MS. In 24 PMMA kitchen utensils, 16 volatile organic compounds including methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, toluene, 2-methyl-1-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene, 2-methylpropanal, methyl propionate, methyl isobutyrate, trans-3-heptene, heptane, cis-3-heptene, trans-2-heptene, cis-2-heptene, 2,4,4-trimethyl-1-pentene, 2,4,4-trimethyl-2-pentene, and 1-octene were identified and quantitated. These 15 volatile compounds except methyl methacrylate were found for the first time in PMMA kitchen utensils. Recovery rates from spiked samples were 97.4-104.0% with CV values of 2.8-9.6%. Samples contained 190-7900 mug/g of methyl methacrylate, 26-810 mug/g of methyl acrylate, and 2-1300 mug/g of toluene; other compounds were at levels less than 100 mug/g. Methyl methacrylate was the main monomer of PMMA and methyl acrylate was a comonomer; toluene should be used as a solvent" |
Keywords: | *Cooking and Eating Utensils Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/*methods Polymethyl Methacrylate/*analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis; |
Notes: | "MedlineOhno, Hiroyuki Mutsuga, Motoh Kawamura, Yoko eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2015/04/24 J AOAC Int. 2014 Sep-Oct; 97(5):1452-8. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.12-425" |