The analysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) in gasoline using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is reported here for the instrumental analysis laboratory. BTEX compounds are some of the most common aromatic compounds found in petroleum products such as gasoline where they tend to be greater in concentration than other aromatics. BTEX compounds are considered to be hazardous air pollutants (HAP) under the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) which was designed to protect and enhance the nation’s air resources. This article describes an experimental approach to educators for the integration of GC-MS techniques into the instrumental analysis laboratory. However, even with a wide application in use, GC-MS has not yet been fully incorporated into the undergraduate instruction laboratories as a tool for both the identification and quantitation of organic compounds utilizing the standard practice of target and qualifying ions with endogenous and/or non-endogenous internal standards. To that end, this experiment allows for undergraduate students to use current GC-MS instrumental analysis techniques to qualitatively and quantitatively investigate an ecologically relevant topic. This experiment is designed and is appropriate for an undergraduate instrumental analysis course.
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