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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 477, Issue 1, Pages 81-91Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(02)01410-1
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solid-phase microextraction; polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; sediment analysis; microwave-assisted extraction; micellar media
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A method for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in marine sediments using microwave-assisted extraction with a micellar medium combined with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been developed. Two kinds of SPME fibers (100 mum polydimethylsiloxane and 85 mum polyacrylate) and different micellar media were compared for the extraction efficiency of the 16 EPA priority PAHs. The polyacrylate fiber with a micellar medium of polyoxyethylene-10-laurylether provides the highest extraction efficiency. The method is remarkable for presenting lower equilibrium times and considerably higher reproducibilities than the obtained in aqueous medium. The LODs obtained ranged between 0.28 ng/ml for fluorene and 7.66 ng/ml for indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene. The method has been applied to the determination of PAHs in a certified marine sediment (SRM 1941a), obtaining recoveries between 58.6 and 111.5% for three- to five-ring PAHs with precision close to or lower than the certified values. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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