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Contents<br />

2.2.2 Preparation <strong>of</strong> Oxidation Products from Shredder Extract ........................................34<br />

2.3 MS Operating Conditions ..............................................................................................34<br />

2.4 Graphical Presentation <strong>of</strong> the Used Instruments .............................................................36<br />

3 Results and Discussion ............................................................................................... 37<br />

3.1 APCI-TOF-MS <strong>of</strong> Standard n-Alkanes ..........................................................................37<br />

3.2 APCI-TOF-MS <strong>of</strong> a Variety <strong>of</strong> Hydrocarbons ................................................................44<br />

3.3 Pathway <strong>of</strong> Ionisation <strong>of</strong> Hydrocarbon Standards under APCI Conditions ......................49<br />

3.4 Light shredder Waste Analysis ......................................................................................53<br />

3.4.1 (+)APCI-TOF-MS <strong>of</strong> Waste Sample ........................................................................53<br />

3.4.2 Calibration ..............................................................................................................57<br />

3.4.3 Identification <strong>of</strong> Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in (-) APCI-TOF-MS ...............63<br />

3.4.4 Tandem MS Measurements .....................................................................................65<br />

3.4.5 Tandem MS <strong>of</strong> Derivatised Compounds ..................................................................76<br />

3.4.6 Tandem MS <strong>of</strong> PCBs ...............................................................................................77<br />

3.4.7 Oxidative Degradation <strong>of</strong> Complex Mixture <strong>of</strong> Shredder Waste ...............................79<br />

3.4.8 Quantification .........................................................................................................84<br />

3.5 Application <strong>of</strong> the Methodology to Other Complex Mixtures .........................................88<br />

3.5.1 Analysis <strong>of</strong> Solid Waste from Lebanon ....................................................................88<br />

3.5.2 Analysis <strong>of</strong> Car Motor Oil .......................................................................................91<br />

3.5.3 Analysis <strong>of</strong> Asphaltenes ..........................................................................................96<br />

3.6 Kendrick Plot and Interpretation <strong>of</strong> Complex Data from Various Complex Mixtures ......98<br />

3.6.1 Light Shredder Waste ..............................................................................................98<br />

3.6.1.1 Kendrick Plot for PCBs ................................................................................... 106<br />

3.6.1.2 Kendrick Plot for Oxidation Products .............................................................. 108<br />

3.6.2 Lebanon Waste...................................................................................................... 109<br />

3.6.3 Oil sample ............................................................................................................. 110<br />

3.6.4 Asphaltenes ........................................................................................................... 112<br />

Conclusions ................................................................................................................. 114<br />

References ................................................................................................................... 116

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