title: Comparison of different extraction techniques for the determination of polychlorinated organic compounds in sediment.
abstract: The performance of various enhanced extraction techniques, such as accelerated solvent extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, Soxhlet extraction, ultrasonic extraction and fluidized-bed extraction for the determination of polychlorinated organic compounds in dry sediment was investigated in two laboratories. The results of the two laboratories were in good agreement. The extraction yields from the batch extraction methods were lower than those from the dynamic techniques. Accelerated solvent extraction, especially, exhibited higher extraction efficiency than the standard procedure, Soxhlet extraction, whereas the results of fluidized-bed extraction were comparable.
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Munich, Department of Ecological Chemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany. martens@gsf.de
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authors.lastname: Martens
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authors.lastname: Gfrerer
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authors.lastname: Wenzl
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authors.lastname: Zhang
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authors.lastname: Schramm
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authors.lastname: Lankmayr
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