Alkali flame

Methyl parathion was determined in dog and human serum using a benzene extraction procedure followed by GC/FID detection (Braeckman et al. 1980, 1983 DePotter et al. 1978). An alkali flame FID (nitrogen-phosphorus) detector increased the specificity of FID for the organophosphorus pesticides. The detection limit was in the low ppb (pg/L). In a comparison of rat blood and brain tissue samples analyzed by both GC/FPD and GC/FID, Gabica et al. (1971) found that GC/FPD provided better specificity. The minimum detectable level for both techniques was 3.0 ppb, but GC/FPD was more selective. The EPA-recommended method for analysis of low levels (<0.1 ppm) of methyl parathion in tissue, blood, and urine is GC/FPD for phosphorus (EPA 1980d). Methyl parathion is not thermally stable above 120 °C (Keith and Walters 1985). 

Universal and selective detectors, linked to GC or LC systems, have remained the predominant choice of analysts for the past two decades for the determination of pesticide residues in food. Although the introduction of bench-top mass spectrometers has enabled analysts to produce more unequivocal residue data for most pesticides, in many laboratories the use of selective detection methods, such as flame photometric detection (FPD), electron capture detection (BCD) and alkali flame ionization detection (AFID) or nitrogen-phosphorus detection (NPD), continues. Many of the new technologies associated with the on-going development of instrumental methods are discussed. However, the main objective of this section is to describe modern techniques that have been demonstrated to be of use to the pesticide residue analyst. 

Auger electron spectroscopy Phosphorous/nitrogen-selective alkali/flame ionisation detector Atomic force microscopy Atomic fluorescence spectrometry All-glass heated inlet system... 

AFID = alkali-flame ionization detection FID = flame ionization detection FPD = flame photometric detection GC = gas chromatography IGEFET = interdigitated gate electrode field-effect transistor ITMS = ion trap mass spectrometry MIMS = multiphoton ionization mass spectrometry MS = mass spectrometry... 

Determination of caffeine in soft drinks was undertaken using the aerosol alkali flame ionization detector.24 Soft drinks studied were Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, and Mountain Dew. A sample clean-up and concentration procedure is employed followed by GC separation with alkali flame ionization detection. Results showed that Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, and Mountain Dew contained 41 2, 52 2, 43 4, 35 9, 46 6, and 60 15 mg caffeine per 355-ml serving. These values compared favorably with levels reported in the literature. 

Alkali cellulose, 4 716 Alkali earth metal nitrides, 17 206-207 Alkali flame-ionization detector (AFID), gas chromatography, 6 381 Alkali-gravity-viscosity (AGV) charts, for silicate glasses, 22 462, 463 Alkali halide disk method, 14 229 Alkali-immobile compounds, dye release from, 19 288... 

AFID = alkali flame ionization detector ECD = Electron capture detection EPA = Environmental Protection Agency FPD = flame photometric detection GC = gas chromatography GPC = gel permeation chromatography HRGC = high resolution gas chromatography NPD = nitrogen- phosphorus detection SPE = solid phase extraction device... 

The pesticides included in this study were fenvalerate, chlordecone (kepone), chlorothalonil, and chlorpyrifos. Fenvalerate is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used, for example, for mites on chickens. Its chemical name is cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)-methyl 4-chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl)benzeneacetate. Chlordecone is an insecticide, no longer used, and has a chemical name decachloro-octahydro-l,3,4-metheno-2H-cyclobuta(cd)=pentalen-2-one. Chlorothalonil is fungicide used on tomatoes whose chemical name is 2,4,5,6-tetrachloroisophthalonitrile. Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide with a chemical name 0,0-diethyl 0-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl)phosphorothioate. Chlorpyrifos is the U. S. Food and Drug Administration chromatographic reference standard since numerous specific detectors (electron capture, flame photometric in both sulfur and phosphorus modes, alkali flame, nitrogen phosphorus, and Hall detectors) are sensitive to it. 

GC/AFID Gas chromatography/alkali flame ionization detector... 

ALKALI FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR (AFID)/THERMIONIC.. . 269... 

The alkali flame ionization detector (AFID) or thermionic detector (TID) is a specific detector used primarily in the trace analysis of pesticides particularly those containing phosphorus. 

Carbamate pesticides can be determined using different detectors in GC or HPLC analysis. A characteristic feature of a carbamate molecule is the nitrogen atom, which can form the bases for quantitation and some carbamates also contain chlorine, sulfur, or other heteroatoms in the molecule. This allows the use of various detection techniques for their determination (139,140), such as electrical conductivity (165), alkali flame (141) photometry, and mass spectrometry (44,166). 

Dichorvos, dimethoate, Fruit and Extraction with toluene acetone GC with alkali flame ionisation [99-102]... 

Malathion, dimethoate, omethoate, chlorfenvin-phos Vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage) Dichloromethane extraction Reductive amperometric detection. GC with alkali flame ionisation and photometric detection < 0.1 mg/kg [103]... 

SSa) Craven, D. A. Simplified version of the alkali flame ionisation detector for nitrogen mode operation. Anal. Chem. 42, 1679 (1970). 

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