TY - JOUR A1 - Lindner, Uwe A1 - Lingott, Jana A1 - Richter, Silke A1 - Jiang, W. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Analysis of Gadolinium-based contrast agents in tap water with a new hydrophilic interaction chromatography (ZIC-cHILIC) hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry N2 - Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were optimised for the direct determination of gadolinium-based contrast agents in tap water. In comparison to our previous work, a new developed zwitterionic HILIC column (ZIC-cHILIC) was used for speciation of Gd-containing contrast agents. The limit of quantification (LOQ) for the five contrast agents Gd-BOPTA, Gd-DPTA-BMA, Gd-BT-DO3A, Gd-DOTA and Gd-DTPA are in the range of 5–12 ng Gd per litre. Additionally, a new internal standard, Pr-DOTA, was investigated to correct intensity drifts, minor and major changes in the sample volumes and possible matrix effects. With the speciation method described, tap water samples from the area of Berlin were analysed and for the first time, three Gd species, Gd-BT-DO3A, Gd-DOTA and Gd-BOPTA, were found in tap water samples at concentrations of about 10–20 ng Gd per litre. These are the same Gd species which have been previously detected predominantly in surface waters of the Berlin area. KW - Gadolinium-based contrast agents KW - Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) KW - Speciation KW - Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) KW - Internal standard KW - Berlin tap water PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-014-8368-5 SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 407 IS - 9 SP - 2415 EP - 2422 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-32982 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -