Mass spectrometry plasticisers

Earls, A. O., Axford, 1. P., and Braybrook, J. H., Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination of the migration of phthalate plasticisers from polyvinyl chloride toys and childcare articles, J. Chromatogr. A, 983, 237-246, 2003. 

Mass spectrometry and NMR, especially for polymeries, are used to identify plasticisers that cannot be identified by IR spectroscopy, HPLC or GC. 

J. R. Startin, 1. Parker, M. Sharman, and J. Gilbert, Analysis of di-(2-ethylhexyl)adi-pate plasticiser in foods by stable isotope dilution gas chromatography—mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. 387 509 (1987). 

---