Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4416482 | Chemosphere | 2007 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) with gas chromatography is to be used for assay of effluent liquid samples from soil column experiments associated with VOC fate/transport studies. One goal of the fate/transport studies is to develop accurate, highly reproducible column breakthrough curves for 1,2-cis-dichloroethylene (cis-DCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) to better understand interactions with selected natural solid phases. For SPME, the influences of the sample equilibration time, extraction temperature and the ratio of volume of sample bottle to that of the liquid sample (VT/Vw) are the critical factors that could influence accuracy and precision of the measured results. Equilibrium between the gas phase and liquid phase was attained after 200 min of equilibration time. The temperature must be carefully controlled due to variation of both the Henry's constant (Kh) and the fibre/gas phase distribution coefficient (Kfg). Kh decreases with decreasing temperature while Kfg increases. Low VT/Vw yields better sensitivity but results in analyte losses and negative bias of the resultant assay. High VT/Vw ratio yields reduced sensitivity but analyte losses were found to be minimal, leading to better accuracy and reproducibility. A fast SPME method was achieved, 5 min for SPME extraction and 3.10 min for GC analysis. A linear calibration function in the gas phase was developed to analyse the breakthrough curve data, linear between a range of 0.9-236 μg lâ1, and a detection limit lower than 5 μg lâ1.
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Authors
Manuel Alejandro Salaices Avila, Roman Breiter, Henry Mott,