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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1064, Issue 2, Pages 205-212Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.12.066
Keywords
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; solid-phase extraction; transformer oil
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Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are natural constituents of transformer oils and are essential in prolonging transformer in-service lifetime. Issues concerning PAH carcinogenicity demand methods that provide qualitative and quantitative information on the PAH composition of new and in-service oils to allow informed operational decisions to be made. However, current analytical methods focus on PAH fingerprinting, as opposed to quantitative analysis and are also cumbersome, relying on the use of large (>100 ml) volumes of organic solvents, some of which are hazardous. This paper reports a method for the improved quantification of carcinogenic PAHs in transformer oils that is both simple and repeatable. The method uses commercially available solid-phase extraction columns and millilitre volumes of relatively non-hazardous solvents. Extraction efficiencies of greater than or equal to74% were obtained for the Environmental Protection Agency priority PAHs. The method has potential for automation and high-throughput analysis and thus is of interest to industries that use transformer oils. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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