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Nonequilibrium Solid-Phase Microextraction for Determination of the Freely Dissolved Concentration of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds: Matrix Effects and Limitations

Nonequilibrium Solid-Phase Microextraction for Determination of the Freely Dissolved Concentration of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds: Matrix Effects and Limitations

A G Oomen, P Mayer, J Tolls

Anal Chem. 2000 Jul 1;72(13):2802-8.

PMID: 10905310

Abstract:

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) has recently been applied to measure the freely dissolved concentration, as opposed to the total concentration, of hydrophobic substances in aqueous solutions. This requires that only the freely dissolved analytes contribute to the concentration in the SPME fiber coating. However, for nonequilibrium SPME the sorbed analytes that diffuse into the unstirred water layer (UWL) adjacent to the SPME fiber can desorb from the matrix and contribute to the flux into the fiber. These processes were described as a model. Experimentally, an equilibrated and disconnected headspace was used as a reference for the freely dissolved concentration. The expected contribution of desorbed analytes to the uptake flux was measured for PCB no. 52 in a protein-rich solution, while it was not measured in a matrix containing artificial soil. The latter was possibly due to slow desorption of the analyte from the artificial soil. On the basis of the present study, a contribution of desorbed analytes to the uptake flux is expected only if(1) the rate-limiting step of the uptake process is diffusion through the UWL, (2) the concentration of the sorbed analyte is high, and (3) desorption from the matrix is fast.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP35693993-A	PCB No 52		35693-99-3	Price

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