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Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers at trace levels in environmental waters using hollow-fiber microporous membrane liquid-liquid extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Fontanals, Nuria LU ; Barri, Thaer LU ; Bergström, Staffan LU and Jönsson, Jan Åke LU (2006) In Journal of Chromatography A 1133(1-2). p.41-48
Abstract
In this study, we present a simple and easy-to-use extraction method that is based on a hollow-fiber microporous membrane liquid-liquid extraction (HF-MMLLE), as an extraction technique, followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to determine a group of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), at trace levels in aqueous samples. The hollow-fiber membrane (HF) filled with organic solvent was immersed into the aqueous sample, spiked with the analytes at ng l(-1) level, and stirred for 60 min. The proposed method could attain enrichment factors (E-e) up to 5200 times, after optimising parameters, such as organic solvent, stirring speed and extraction time, that affect the extraction. The... (More)
In this study, we present a simple and easy-to-use extraction method that is based on a hollow-fiber microporous membrane liquid-liquid extraction (HF-MMLLE), as an extraction technique, followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to determine a group of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), at trace levels in aqueous samples. The hollow-fiber membrane (HF) filled with organic solvent was immersed into the aqueous sample, spiked with the analytes at ng l(-1) level, and stirred for 60 min. The proposed method could attain enrichment factors (E-e) up to 5200 times, after optimising parameters, such as organic solvent, stirring speed and extraction time, that affect the extraction. The HF-MMLLE-GC-MS method was successfully applied to the extraction of PBDEs from tap, river and leachate water samples with spike recoveries ranging from 85% to 110%. The method validation with reagent and leachate water samples provided good linearity, detection limits of 1.1 ng l(-1) or lower, both in reagent and leachate water, as well as satisfactory precision in terms of repeatability and reproducibility with values of % relative standard deviation (%RSD) lower than 8.6 and 16.9, respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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environmental waters, hollow-fiber microporous membrane, liquid-liquid extraction, polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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Journal of Chromatography A
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1133
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1-2
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41 - 48
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Elsevier
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0021-9673
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10.1016/j.chroma.2006.08.026
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English
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  author       = {{Fontanals, Nuria and Barri, Thaer and Bergström, Staffan and Jönsson, Jan Åke}},
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  keywords     = {{environmental waters; hollow-fiber microporous membrane; liquid-liquid extraction; polybrominated diphenyl ethers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Chromatography A}},
  title        = {{Determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers at trace levels in environmental waters using hollow-fiber microporous membrane liquid-liquid extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2006.08.026}},
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