Simultaneous analysis of chlorophenols, alkylphenols, nitrophenols and cresols in wastewater effluents, using solid phase extraction and further determination by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Padilla-Sánchez J A Plaza-Bolaños P Romero-González R Barco-Bonilla N Martínez-Vidal J L Garrido-Frenich A |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Almeria, Carretera Sacramento s/n, E-04071 Almeria, Spain b Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain |
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Abstract: | An analytical methodology has been developed for the simultaneous extraction of 13 phenolic compounds, including chlorophenols (CPs), nitrophenols (NTPs), cresols and alkylphenols (APs) in different types of wastewater (WW) effluents. A solid-phase extraction (SPE) method has been optimized prior to the determination by gas chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry (GC-QqQ-MS/MS). Due to the complexity of the matrix, a comparison study of matrix-matched-calibration (MMC) and standard addition calibration (SAC) was carried out for quantification purposes. The optimized procedure was validated using the SAC approach since it provided the most adequate quantification results (in terms of recovery and precision values). Recoveries were in the range 60-135% (0.5 μg L−1), 70-115% (1 μg L−1), and 78-120% (5 μg L−1), with precision values (expressed as relative standard deviation, RSD) ≤30% (except for 2-nitrophenol) involving intra-day and inter-day precision studies. Limits of detection (LODs) and quantification (LOQs) were also evaluated, and LOQs ranged from 0.03 μg L−1 to 2.5 μg L−1. The proposed method was applied to the analysis of 8 real WW effluent samples, finding some phenolic compounds (e.g. 2-chlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and 4-tert-octylphenol) at concentrations higher than the established LOQs. |
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Keywords: | Phenols Wastewater Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) Standard addition calibration Matrix-matched calibration |
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