title: Homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction via flotation assistance for rapid and efficient determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples.
abstract: In this work, a rapid, simple and efficient homogeneous liquid-liquid microextraction via flotation assistance (HLLME-FA) method was developed based on applying low density organic solvents without no centrifugation. For the first time, a special extraction cell was designed to facilitate collection of the low-density solvent extraction in the determination of four polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water samples followed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The effect of different variables on the extraction efficiency was studied simultaneously using experimental design. The variables of interest in the HLLME-FA were selected as extraction and homogeneous solvent volumes, ionic strength and extraction time. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to investigate the optimum conditions of all the variables. Using optimized variables in the extraction process, for all target PAHs, the detection limits, the precisions and the linearity of the method were found in the range of 14-41 μg L(-1), 3.7-10.3% (RSD, n=3) and 50-1000 μg L(-1), respectively. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the analysis of four target PAHs in the water samples, and satisfactory results were obtained.
authors: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science & Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Majid2_haji@yahoo.com
authors: Majid Haji
authors: MH
authors: Hosseini
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Rezaee
authors: Saeid
authors: S
authors: Akbarian
authors: Farhang
authors: F
authors: Mizani
authors: Mohammad Reza
authors: MR
authors: Pourjavid
authors: Masoud
authors: M
authors: Arabieh
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D059627:Liquid Phase Microextraction / Q000379:methods*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012997:Solvents; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water