title: HPLC-PFD determination of priority pollutant PAHs in water, sediment, and semipermeable membrane devices.
abstract: High performance liquid chromatography coupled with programmable fluorescence detection was employed for the determination of 15 priority pollutant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PPPAHs) in water, sediment, and semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs). Chromatographic separation using this analytical method facilitates selectivity, sensitivity (ppt levels), and can serve as a non-destructive technique for subsequent analysis by other chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Extraction and sample cleanup procedures were also developed for water, sediment, and SPMDs using various chromatographic and wet chemical methods. The focus of this publication is to examine the enrichment techniques and the analytical methodologies used in the isolation, characterization, and quantitation of 15 PPPAHs in different sample matrices.
authors.affiliation: Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. kelly-williamson@omrf.ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Kelly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: Jimmie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Petty
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Huckins
authors.forename: Jon A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lebo
authors.forename: Edwin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014867:Water