Abstract: A method for the determination of bisphenol A in the plastic parts of small household appliances by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was developed. The sample was extracted with accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) and purified by Sep-Pak C18 solid phase extraction. Bisphenol A was separated and detected using LC-MS/MS in negative ion mode with the mobile phases of methanol and water (containing 0.05% ammonia water). The linearity of the method was good in the range of 5 μg/L to 100 μg/L. The recoveries for the spiked sample were from 95.2% to 109.7% at the three levels, 10, 25 and 75 μg/kg. The relative standard deviations were less than 3.8%. The limit of detection was 10 μg/kg. The method is easy-handling, time-saving, sensitive and suitable for the determination of the residual bisphenol A in the plastic parts of household appliances.

Key words: bisphenol A, household appliances, plastic parts, solid phase extraction (SPE), liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)