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Preparation, characterization, and applications of a novel solid-phase microextraction fiber by sol-gel technology on the surface of stainless steel wire for determination of poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic environmental samples

Es-haghi, A ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.01.005
  3. Abstract:
  4. A novel solid-phase microextraction(SPME) fiber was prepared using sol-gel technology with ethoxylated nonylphenol as a fiber coating material. The fiber was employed to develop a headspace SPME-GC-MS method suitable for quantification of 13 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water samples. Surface characteristics of the fibers were inspected by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy as well as by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM measurements showed the presence of highly porous nano-sized particles in the coating. Important parameters affecting the extraction efficiency such as extraction temperature and time, desorption conditions as well as ionic strength have been evaluated and optimized. In the next step, the validation of the new method have been performed, finding it to be specific in the trace analysis of PAHs, with the limit of detection (LOD) ranging from 0.01 to 0.5μgL-1 and the linear range from the respective LOD to 200μgL-1with RSD amounting to less than 8%. The thermal stability of the fibers was investigated as well and they were found to be durable at 280°C for 345min. Furthermore, the proposed method was successfully applied for quantification of PAHs in real water samples
  5. Keywords:
  6. Ethoxylatednonylphenol ; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ; Sol-gel technology ; Solidphase microextraction ; Solid-phase microextraction ; Equipment Design ; Limit of Detection ; Phase Transition ; Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic ; Stainless Steel ; Water Pollutants, Chemical
  7. Source: Analytica Chimica Acta ; Vol. 813 , 2014 , pp. 48-55 ; ISSN: 00032670
  8. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003267014000324