A method of gas chromatographymass (GC-MS) spectrometry was developed for the quantitative analysis of gasoline trace in fire debris. Eight compounds
such as aromatic hydrocarbons
nalkane and naphthalene
were selected as target compounds for quantitative analysis. The results showed that the linear range of eight compounds was 0.1~50 μg/mL with correlation coefficients r
2
more than 0.995.The relative standard deviation (n=7) was less than 5%. Fire debris analysis indicated toluene showed the highest content in fresh gasoline. Three compounds were detected in carpet residues after burning
while eight compounds were detected in cement bricks.