Vinyl chloride analysis with Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME)/GC/MS applied to analysis in materials and aqueous samples

The increasing use of plastics in our society makes the vinyl chloride a potential source of pollution for environment. Related to its toxicity and presence in the environment, the new European Directive for drinking water quality includes now a limit for its concentration in drinking water. Currently a government needs new analytical methods to analyse this pollutant. This study concerns the optimization of the headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) combined with gas chromatographyion trap mass spectrometry for the vinyl chloride analysis in liquid and solid samples.