Determination of Three Chromium Textile Azo Dyes in Wastewater by SPE-LC-ESI(-)-MS/MS

J AOAC Int. 2018 Sep 1;101(5):1422-1428. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.18-0059. Epub 2018 May 18.

Abstract

In the present work, a procedure to determine three textile azo dyes, chromium-complexes [Nylosan Dark Brown (NDB), Lanasyn Dark Brown (LDB), and Lanasyn Red (LR)], from wastewater using solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by LC-electrospray ionization negative mode tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI(-)-MS/MS) has been developed. The extraction/concentration and recovery degree of these dyes from liquid matrices were done on Strata WAX/NH2 cartridges. The chromatographic separation was performed using a Luna C18 (2) 100Å column by isocratic elution with a methanol-acetonitrile-water (0.2% formic acid and 2 mM ammonium formate) mixture. The linearity, the LOD, and the LOQ were determined for each textile dye. The accuracy, the precision (intra- and inter-day), and the matrix effect were also performed for the validation of the developed procedure. These chromium-complex azo dyes often used in the dyeing process by a textile factory in Romania were monitored in the influent and effluent wastewater from a treatment plant situated in its area. Applying the developed SPE-LC-ESI(-)-MS/MS procedure, the following textile dyes were detected (ng/L) in the collected wastewater samples during a 24-h period: NDB 150.1, LDB 200.6, and LR 89.0-244.0 in influents and NDB 22.8, LDB 78.6, and LR 74.0 in effluents.

MeSH terms

  • Azo Compounds / analysis*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Chromium / analysis*
  • Limit of Detection
  • Solid Phase Extraction / methods*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Textiles / analysis
  • Wastewater / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Azo Compounds
  • Waste Water
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Chromium