PMID- 22344557
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120608
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1464-0333 (Electronic)
IS  - 1464-0325 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Mar
TI  - Development of a new automated clean-up system for the simultaneous analysis of 
      polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and 
      'dioxin-like' polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCB) in flue gas emissions by 
      GPC-SPE.
PG  - 1082-90
LID - 10.1039/c2em10881j [doi]
AB  - A comprehensive clean-up method for quantitative analysis of polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzo-furans 
      (PCDD/Fs) in one single extract of environmental samples was developed. Since the 
      chemical nature and toxicity of planar PCBs are similar to those of PCDD/Fs, 
      dioxin-like PCBs and PCDD/Fs are often surveyed together in their exposure 
      assessments. The development of a method for the simultaneous analysis of PCBs 
      and PCDD/Fs in environmental samples is invaluable. The automated clean-up system 
      evaluated in this work consists of three additional steps after traditional 
      extraction: the chromatography on gel permeation (GPC), the concentration of the 
      solvent through the use of an in-line evaporation module and the further 
      purification and separation of PCDDs/Fs and dl-PCBs on an alumina cartridge in 
      the 'SPE module'. In this work, three fly ash samples from an interlaboratory 
      study with different PCDD/F and PCB levels were Soxhlet-extracted and then 
      cleaned up using an automated system. PCDD/Fs and PCBs were determined using 
      isotope dilution and high resolution gas chromatography/high resolution mass 
      spectrometry. The determined values of 17 PCDD/Fs were consistent with the 
      certified values and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the determined 
      values were less than 20%. The recoveries of (13)C labeled PCDD/Fs and planar 
      PCBs, and their RSDs were within the ranges specified in EPA1613 and 1668a 
      methods, respectively. An accurate and reliable method was successfully developed 
      and can be used in the simultaneous analysis of PCDD/Fs and planar PCBs in 
      environmental samples.
CI  - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012
FAU - Rossetti, Gianluca
AU  - Rossetti G
AD  - Italian National Research Council-Institute for Atmospheric Pollution Research 
      (CNR-IIA), Via Salaria km 29, 300 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Mosca, Silvia
AU  - Mosca S
FAU - Guerriero, Ettore
AU  - Guerriero E
FAU - Rotatori, Mauro
AU  - Rotatori M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120217
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Monit
JT  - Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
JID - 100968688
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Benzofurans)
RN  - 0 (Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Benzofurans/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - *Chromatography, Gel
MH  - Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/*analogs & derivatives/analysis/chemistry
MH  - *Solid Phase Extraction
EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/09 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c2em10881j [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Monit. 2012 Mar;14(3):1082-90. doi: 10.1039/c2em10881j. Epub 2012 Feb 
      17.