Microextraction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) from soil samples

• Main Authors: Danan, Lieza Marie A., Dimzon, Ian Ken P., Salvan, Christian R., Cayme, Jan-Michael C., Ganancial, Raymond K., Lee, Christine Joy C., Dayrit, Fabian M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Polychlorinated biphenyls; Soils—Analysis; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5727
• Institution: De La Salle University

The standard method of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) analysis in soil samples requires Soxhlet extraction of gram amount of sample, considerable amounts of hazardous solvents, and a clean-up and extraction time of 3 days per sample. An efficient microextraction procedure has been developed for the...