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Gas chromatography of polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in water samples has been performed after adsorption from a 50–250 mL sample on to a cartridge containing 100 mg cyanopropyl-bonded porous silica. The PCBs are desorbed with 500 μL ethyl acetate, which is concentrated and analysed by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection (GC-ECD).
The average recovery of 1 ppb PCB congeners at from distilled water and from Marta river water is ≥95% (standard deviation ≤2.5). The average recovery of 20 ppb Aroclor 1260 from Marta river water was ≥91% (standard deviation ≤3.5).
In the separation of the PCBs from the chlorinated pesticides only aldrin, heptachlor and 4,4′-DDD are adsorbed with the PCBs by the CN Sep-Pak cartridge. The method proposed is rapid, simple and reproducible.
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Russo, M.V., Goretti, G. & Nevigato, T. Sequential solid-phase extraction with cyanopropyl bonded-phase cartridges for trace enrichment of PCBs and chlorinated pesticides from water samples. Chromatographia 50, 446–452 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02490740
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