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JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 573-579Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkt072
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Volatiles are frequently abused as inhalants. The methods used for identification are generally nonspecific if analyzed concurrently with ethanol or require an additional analytical procedure that employs mass spectrometry. A previously published technique utilizing a capillary flow technology splitter to simultaneously quantitate and confirm ethyl alcohol by flame ionization and mass spectrometric detection after headspace sampling and gas chromatographic separation was evaluated for the detection of inhalants. Methanol, isopropanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, isoamyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (Norflurane, HFC-134a), chloroethane, trichlorofluoromethane (Freon (R)-11), dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon (R)-12), dichlorofluoromethane (Freon (R)-21), chlorodifluoromethane (Freon (R)-22) and 1,2-dichlorotetrafluoroethane (Freon (R)-114) were validated for qualitative identification by this method. The validation for qualitative identification included evaluation of matrix effects, sensitivity, carryover, specificity, repeatability and ruggedness/robustness.
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