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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Chromatographic Measurements of Fluorine Containing Compounds
Mary A. Kaiser
Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Wilmington, Delaware
Abstract:
The determination of short chain (4-13 carbon) fluorinated molecules is increasing in scientific and regulatory interest since many of these compounds have been found globally in the environment and in human blood serum. Fluorinated compounds have been produced for commercial applications since 1947 and have been used in the production of fluoropolymers, in the preparation of aqueous film-forming foams for fire fighting applications, and in various consumer products such as packaging, polishes, paints, lubricants, and stain-protection products. In May 17, 2000, 3M, a major producer of many of these compounds, announced that it was withdrawing perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) from the market since PFOS was found to be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic in animal studies. This announcement precipitated dozens of studies to determine PFOS and other short-chain fluorinated compounds in a wide-range of matrices. But since fluorinated compounds are much different from other halogenated compounds and from hydrocarbons, the quantitation task turned out to be unexpectedly difficult. In this talk the challenges and solutions to sampling, preparing, and measuring these compounds will be discussed. Examples of environmental, consumer, and commercial product applications will be given in which both gas and liquid chromatography play a vital role in quantitation.
About the Speaker:
Mary A. Kaiser is a senior research fellow in DuPont’s Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences. She received a B. S. in chemistry from Wilkes University; an M. S. from St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia) under the direction of Professor Edward J. Smith; and the Ph .D. from Villanova University under the direction of Professor Robert L. Grob. After a post-doctoral fellowship with Professor L. B. “Buck” Rogers at the University of Georgia, she joined the Central Research and Development Department at DuPont’s Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware.
Mary has over 45 publications and over 80 presentations involving primarily separations and/or environmental sciences. She has been president of the CFDV, Chair of the governing board of FACSS, chair of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, and President of the EAS. She was a Phi Lambda Upsilon Lecturer at North Carolina State University, received the Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley Award, the Founder’s Award from the Villanova University Graduate School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the 2004 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry award for distinguished service in the advancement of analytical chemistry. She teaches the quantitative analysis portion of the CFDV GC short course and co-teaches a short course at EAS and SETAC on method development and validation.
Details:
| Location: | D'ignazio's Towne House |
| Times: | 5:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 5:45 PM Social "Hour" 6:30 PM Dinner 7:30 PM Presentation |
| Cost: | $24 |
| Dinner Choices: | Chicken Marsala Flounder Stuffed with Crab Cake Eggplant Parmesan |
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