Secondary amine usage

Matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) is an SPE variant where samples are ground and mixed with a support. In the initial application, samples were placed in a disposable column previously packed with Florisil, which trapped the fat from the sample and allowed the compounds of interest to be eluted. This has successfully been applied to the determination of lipophilic pesticides from both fatty and non-fatty matrixes. Recently, an orthogonal technique, dispersive solid-phase extraction, for the isolation and analysis of a variety of pesticides on numerous food matrixes has been introduced. The technique is called QuEChERS, which stands for quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe. The technique offers advantages in time and solvent usage since it uses approximately 10 ml of solvent per sample when compared to the potentially hundreds of milliliters of solvent used for more standard extraction and isolation protocols. It uses a combination of MgS04 and primary secondary amine (PSA) sorbent not only to remove water and non-target compounds, but also isolate the compounds of interest. 

TBzTD and ZBzTD do, in fact, generate stable nitrosamines from the secondary amine dibenzyl amine however, this nitrosamine is nonvolatile and is not readily released from the vulcanized product into the atmosphere. It is also considered noncarcinogenic (18). Therefore, these materials are considered non-nitrosamine in usage. IBT likewise generates a stable nitrosamine but its level has been claimed to be 100 times less than TMTD (19). 

Antioxidants function by preferentially reacting with the radical intermediates, thereby protecting the polymer and extending its usage life. There are two types of antioxidants that are typically used in commercial polymer stabilization primary and secondary. The majority of primary antioxidants are either hindered phenolics or secondary aryl-amines. Both hindered phenolics and aryl-amines have one or more reactive OH and NH groups. The hydrogen atoms which are liberated from the alcohol or amine groups readily react with free radicals to form stable species. Secondary antioxidants are usually phosphites or thioesters. 

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