Application of solid-phase microextraction method to determine bioavailable fraction of PAH in hazardous waste

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2012 Oct;89(4):888-92. doi: 10.1007/s00128-012-0768-7. Epub 2012 Aug 7.

Abstract

The solid-phase microextraction (SPME) method was developed to determine PAH free dissolved concentration (C(free)) in field leachates from hazardous waste disposal. SPME technique, involving a 100-μm polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fiber coupled to GC-MS was optimized for determination of C(free). The following PAH were found in bioavailable form: acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene, with C(free) varying between 2.38 and 62.35 ng/L. Conventional solvent extraction was used for measurement of total concentration (C(total)) in the same samples, and ranging from 1.26 to 77.56 μg/L. Determining C(free) of the hydrophobic toxic pollutants could give useful information for risk assessment of the hazardous waste.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anthracenes / analysis
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / analysis
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Fluorenes / analysis
  • Hazardous Waste / analysis*
  • Hazardous Waste / statistics & numerical data
  • Phenanthrenes / analysis
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / analysis*
  • Pyrenes / analysis
  • Solid Phase Microextraction / methods
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Anthracenes
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Fluorenes
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Phenanthrenes
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Pyrenes
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • fluoranthene
  • fluorene
  • phenanthrene
  • baysilon
  • anthracene