Analysis of Marine Biota for Chemical Warfare Materials by Means of a Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer System

摘要

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's (ECBC) Directorate of Program Integration Environmental Monitoring Branch developed a procedure and conducted a Method Detection Limit (MDL) study for the analysis of Chemical Warfare Materials (CWM) in Fish Tissue in support of the Hawai'i Undersea Military Munitions Assessment (HUMMA) project. The scope of ECBC's study included developing new methodology to detect, accurately quantitate, and find the Limit of Quantitation for detecting the CWM Lewisite, Mustard, and it's breakdown products 1,4-Dithiane and 1,4- Thioxane; and extracting and analyzing samples collected in the HUMMA assessment area for CWM. Data from the MDL study and sample analysis are included.