Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from organic aerosols using hollow fiber micro - porous membrane liquid - liquid extraction (HF-MMLLE) followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis.

Murtaza Hyder, Lidia Luque Aguilar, Johan Genberg, Margareta Sandahl, Clas Wesén, Jan Åke Jönsson

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Abstract

A method for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from aerosols was developed. Instead of conventionally used non-polar or slightly polar phenylmethylpolysiloxane column a highly polar, highly substituted, cyanopropyl column (VF-23 MS) was used for separation of PAHs. Based on hollow fiber micro-porous membrane liquid-liquid extraction (HF-MMLLE) a method was developed for sample clean up and pretreatment. An enrichment factor of 617-1022 was obtained with extraction efficiency 10.2-18.9% for different PAHs analyzed in this study. The optimized method was successfully applied to aerosol samples and limits of detection between 1.2pgm(-3) and 180pgm(-3) was obtained. Almost all PAHs were found in most of the aerosol samples.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)919-926
JournalTalanta
Volume85
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Organic chemistry (S/LTH) (011001240), Nuclear Physics (Faculty of Science) (011013004)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Subatomic Physics
  • Organic Chemistry

Keywords

  • Extraction
  • Hollow fiber
  • Enrichment factor
  • Aerosol
  • Polycyclic
  • aromatic hydrocarbons

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