Abstract
A combined solid-phase extraction (SPE)-supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) procedure was developed for the analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in wastewater. The importance of cleaning and drying the filters and SPE-disks prior to eluting PCBs with SFE was studied, leading to improved recoveries for all congeners investigated. The average PCB recovery of the final procedure, at a concentration of 18 ng/L in reagent water, was 101% with relative standard deviations ranging from 1 to 5% for the different congeners. Spiked leachate to a final concentration of 4 ng/L was extracted directly after spiking, or after 24 h of spiking. An average recovery of 112% was obtained in the direct extraction of spiked leachate. 2006
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1455-1459 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Analytical Sciences |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |