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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 660-673Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1904-6
Keywords
Ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Acidic pharmaceuticals; Phenols; Influents; Effluents; Municipal wastewater treatment plant
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A method combining ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction (USAEME) with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed for simultaneous determination of four acidic pharmaceuticals, ibuprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, and diclofenac, as well as four phenols, 4-octylphenol, 4-n-nonylphenol, bisphenol A, and triclosan in municipal wastewaters. Conditions of extraction and simultaneous derivatization were optimized with respect to such aspects as type and volume of extraction solvent, volume of derivatization reagent, kind and amount of buffering salt, location of the test tube in the ultrasonic bath, and extraction time. The average correlation coefficient of the calibration curves was 0.9946. The LOD/(LOQ) values in influent and effluent wastewater were in the range of 0.002-0.121/(0.005-0.403) mu g L-1 and 0.002-0.828/(0.006-2.758) mu g L-1, respectively. Quantitative recoveries (a parts per thousand yen94 %) and satisfactory precision (average RSD 8.2 %) were obtained. The optimized USAEME/GC-MS method was applied for determination of the considered pharmaceuticals and phenols in influents and treated effluents from nine Polish municipal wastewater treatment plants. The average concentration of acidic pharmaceuticals in influent and effluent wastewater were in the range of 0.06-551.96 mu g L-1 and 0.01-22.61 mu g L-1, respectively, while for phenols were in the range of 0.03-102.54 mu g L-1 and 0.02-10.84 mu g L-1, respectively. The removal efficiencies of the target compounds during purification process were between 84 and 99 %.
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