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Coating Effects on the Glass Adsorption of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners

Coating Effects on the Glass Adsorption of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners

S C Lung, L M Altshul, T E Ford, J D Spengler

Chemosphere. 2000 Dec;41(12):1865-71.

PMID: 11061308

Abstract:

The effects of coating materials on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) adsorption in aqueous solution were assessed in an attempt to minimize PCB sorption loss during sampling processes. A coating material, which enhances PCB adsorption and allows adsorbed PCBs to be readily extracted by solvents, can act as a sampling concentrator to reduce PCB losses from both adsorption and evaporation. Several coating materials were evaluated, including paraffin oil, silicone oil, dimethyldichlorosilane (Sylon-CT), Prosil 28 and polydimethylsiloxane (PDS) with viscosity 0.65, 50 (PDS 50), and 500 (PDS 500) cSt. PDS and silicone oil enhanced adsorption for all five congeners examined (IUPAC No. 28, 52, 101, 138, and 180). Sylon-CT, paraffin oil and Prosil 28 had inconsistent effects on adsorption of different congeners. Desorption of adsorbed PCBs onto all coating types was assessed. The recovery efficiency of extracting PCBs with solvents was enhanced greatly with all coatings as opposed to non-coated surfaces, with the exception of paraffin oil. Coating with silicon oil, PDS 50, and 500 resulted in virtually 100% recovery of adsorbed PCBs. It was also found that Teflon containers were poor substitutes for glass containers and failed to minimize PCB losses. Among the materials studied, the best coating that could be used as a sampling concentrator was PDS 500.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP37680732-B	PCB No 101 solution		37680-73-2	Price
AP7012375-B	PCB No 28 solution		7012-37-5	Price

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