Extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil using soxhlet extraction, pressurised and atmospheric microwave-assisted extraction, supercritical fluid extraction and accelerated solvent extraction

Norashikin Saim, John Dean, Md. Pauzi Abdullah, Zuriati Zakaria

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    Abstract

    Soxhlet extraction has been compared with pressurised and atmospheric microwave-assisted extraction, accelerated solvent extraction and supercritical fluid extraction for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from native, contaminated soil. The results indicate that the recovery of PAHs is dependent on the extraction technique. The highest recoveries of individual PAHs were consistently obtained by Soxhlet extraction. For the samples investigated here the preferred technique in terms of recoveries is Soxhlet extraction.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)361-366
    JournalJournal of Chromatography A
    Volume791
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Dec 1997

    Keywords

    • extraction methods
    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    • Soil

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