Simultaneous Analysis of TBBPA, Phthalate Esters, and Brominated Flame Retardants by PY/TD-GC-MS
Introduction
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is used as a flame retardant in a wide range of plastic products, such as ABS resin, phenolic resins, and adhesives. However, due to concerns about human bioaccumulation, the regulation of its use is being considered in various countries under the law such as the REACH regulation (EU), TSCA (USA), and the Chemical Substances Control Law (Japan). As a screening analysis for judgment of containing/not containing on the same kind regulation target such as Phthalate esters and PBDE, there is an analysis method using Thermal Desorption(TD)-GC-MS in the IEC62321-8. This method allows direct analysis without sample pretreatment as shown in MSTips No.298.
In this study, we tried to simultaneously analyze TBBPA, Phthalate esters and DecaBDE by TD-GC-MS method using the JMS-Q1600GC UltraQuad™ SQ-Zeta.