芥子气及其降解产物单体碳、氢同位素分析方法及溯源鉴定

Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Analysis and Source Apportionment of Sulfur Mustard and Its Degradation Products

  • 摘要: 本研究基于气相色谱-同位素比值质谱(GC-IRMS)技术,建立了同时测定芥子气(HD)、芥子气模拟剂2-氯乙基乙基硫醚(2-CEES),以及关键降解产物1,4-二噻烷和1,4-噻噁烷单体碳(δ13C)、氢(δ2H)同位素比值的方法。采用二氯甲烷作为溶剂、进样口温度210 ℃、载气流速1.5 mL/min。研究结果表明:碳、氢同位素分析分别在20~500 mg/L、500~2000 mg/L浓度范围内的线性关系良好(R2>0.99);δ13C和δ2H测定的精密度分别优于0.30‰和5.0‰。应用该方法分析29个不同来源样品,δ13C与δ2H在二维同位素空间中形成独特指纹,对合成工艺差异高度敏感,可有效区分不同批次样品。本方法可为化学战剂溯源提供可靠的技术支撑,在公约履约和环境治理中具有重要价值。

     

    Abstract: During World War II, Japan extensively deployed and abandoned chemical weapons (CWs) in China. After long-term burial and improper disposal including explosion and incineration, the chemical warfare agents contained in these weapons have been released into the environment, posing persistent risks to ecological security and human health. At present, most residual parent compounds of leaked mustard gas (HD) have degraded partially in the environment, making traditional source tracing analysis methods hardly capable of meeting the requirements of pollutant source identification and historical liability confirmation. Therefore, it is crucial to develop a novel analytical method for source tracing and environmental behavior research. Stable isotope analysis technology can realize the tracing of pollutant sources and degradation pathways by precisely determining the stable isotope ratios of specific elements (e.g., carbon and hydrogen) in target compounds, based on their inherent isotope fingerprint characteristics and fractionation behavior during transformation processes. However, compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of mustard gas and its relevant degradation products has not yet been reported. Based on gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-IRMS), this study established an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotope ratios of individual mustard gas (HD), 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (2-CEES), and 1,4-dithiane and 1,4-thioxane. Through optimization, the optimal analysis parameters were determined as follows: dichloromethane was used as the extraction solvent, an inlet temperature was set to 210 ℃, and the carrier gas flow rate was set to 1.5 mL/min. Method validation results showed that the carbon isotope analysis has a good linear relationship in the concentration range of 20-500 mg/L (R2>0.99), while hydrogen isotope analysis showed excellent linearity in the concentration range of 500-2 000 mg/L. The measurement precisions are better than 0.30‰ for δ13C and 5.0‰ for δ2H, respectively. The application of this method used for analysing 29 samples from different sources demonstrated that δ13C and δ2H formed unique fingerprint profiles in the two-dimensional isotope space, which were highly sensitive to differences in synthesis processes and can effectively distinguish samples of different sources. This method provides reliable technical support for the source tracing of chemical warfare agents and has high application value in the monitoring compliance of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the remediation of CWA-contaminated environments.

     

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