Organic Pollutant Extraction Method Comparison
Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain) have compared two extraction techniques as preparation methods for analyzing organic pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, phthalate esters, nonylphenols, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in water samples.
Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain) have compared two extraction techniques as preparation methods for analyzing organic pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, phthalate esters, nonylphenols, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in water samples. The analyses consisted of stir-bar sorptive extraction coupled with thermal desorption gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and membrane-assisted solvent extraction coupled with large volume injection-programmed temperature vaporization GC–MS. They examined variables such as extraction solvent, extraction time, sample volume, and desorption parameters, and found that both procedures produced similar results.
RAFA 2024 Highlights: Contemporary Food Contamination Analysis Using Chromatography
November 18th 2024A series of lectures focusing on emerging analytical techniques used to analyse food contamination took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at RAFA 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic. The session included new approaches for analysing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polychlorinated alkanes (PCAS), Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH), and short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs and MCCPs).
