Method development for forensic oil identification by direct analysis in real time time-of-flight mass spectrometry

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dc.contributor.author
Tikkisetty, Krishnaja
Filewood, Taylor
Yan, Jeffrey
Kwok, Honoria
Brunswick, Pamela
Cody, Robert
Shang, Dayue
dc.date.accepted
2023-10-16
dc.date.accessioned
2024-09-09T20:20:36Z
dc.date.available
2024-09-09T20:20:36Z
dc.date.issued
2023-11-02
dc.date.submitted
2023-07-25
dc.description.abstract - en
The current well established chromatography and mass spectrometry based oil spill identification procedures, such as those outlined by the European Committee for Standardization, are highly reliable as methods, highly defensible in the court of law, and widely applicable to majority of oil spill situations. Nevertheless, the methodology is time consuming and labour intensive, which may not be ideal when dealing with emerency oil spill situation. In this study, direct analysis in real time time-of-flight mass spectrometry (DART/TOFMS) was used to successfully develop an efficient oil identification method. To confirm the accuracy of this method the spilled oil samples were tested from five previous years of blind Round Robin testing organized by the oil spill identification network of experts (OSINET) under the Bonn Agreement. Heatmap inspection, principal component analysis and finally discriminant analysis of principal components were used to arrive final predictions regarding the identities of the spilled oil samples. The results were compared with previous gas chromatography flame ionization detection (GC/FID) and gas chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC/MS/MS) analyses of the same oils. While taking only about a tenth of the time, the DART/TOFMS analysis produced results similar to that of classical GC/FID and GC/MS/MS procedures. The ability of DART/TOFMS to display this level of validity exemplifies its potential a new tool for supplementing classical analyses for oil spill forensics.
dc.identifier.issn
1759-9679
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2923
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
dc.relation.isreplacedby
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3AY01282D
dc.rights - en
Open Government Licence - Canada
dc.rights - fr
Licence du gouvernement ouvert - Canada
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
Green
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
Vert
dc.rights.uri - en
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://ouvert.canada.ca/fr/licence-du-gouvernement-ouvert-canada
dc.subject - en
Nature and environment
Science and technology
dc.subject - fr
Nature et environnement
Sciences et technologie
dc.subject.en - en
Nature and environment
Science and technology
dc.subject.fr - fr
Nature et environnement
Sciences et technologie
dc.title - en
Method development for forensic oil identification by direct analysis in real time time-of-flight mass spectrometry
dc.type - en
Submitted manuscript
dc.type - fr
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local.article.journalissue
44
local.article.journaltitle
Analytical Methods
local.article.journalvolume
15
local.pagination
9 pages
local.peerreview - en
No
local.peerreview - fr
Non
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