title: 17 beta-estradiol: behavior during waste water analyses.
abstract: The distribution between the aqueous and solid phase of 17 beta-estradiol in the ng-range in waste water was investigated by spiking experiments with a radio-labeled hormone. The distribution was measured by liquid scintillation counting. The major part of 17 beta-estradiol remained in the aqueous phase and did not adsorb to the solids. The fraction in the aqueous phase could be enriched by a conventional solid phase extraction with a recovery rate of up to 100%. Losses were negligible and the compound did not adsorb to the surfaces of glass bottles.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Wasservorsorge, Gewässerökologie und Abfallwirtschaft, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria. fuerhacker@iwgf-sig.boku.ac.at
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fürhacker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breithofer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jungbauer
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004958:Estradiol / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D012588:Scintillation Counting; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012995:Solubility; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D004958:Estradiol