Determination of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in Chinese fuels by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/flame ionization detector

Article type: Research Article

Authors: LIU, Jie-min^; | CHENG, Wei | WEN, Mei-juan | JIANG, Gui-bin

Affiliations: Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China | Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing 100083, China

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: A method was developed to determine the concentration of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline,diesel and heating oil by gas chromatography (GC) with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or flame ionization detection (FID). The diluted gasoline was directly injected into the GC, and the complete separation of MTBE from co-eluting hydrocarbons was not required. GC/MS or GC/FID method can be used to analyze MTBE in different concentration range and have good consistency.

Keywords: methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), GC/MS, GC/FID

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 553-555, 2004