ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Determining Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
in Surface Waters of Western Pomerania
Using Gas Chromatography
with Electron Capture Detection
Marlena Byczkiewicz, Maciej Jabłoński
Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Protection, West Pomeranian University of Technology,
Al. Piastow 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
Al. Piastow 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
Submission date: 2014-10-10
Final revision date: 2014-12-23
Acceptance date: 2014-12-29
Publication date: 2015-05-20
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2015;24(3):961–968
KEYWORDS
polybrominated diphenyl ethersliquid-liquid extractionsurface watergas chromatographyWestern Pomerania
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
We show how to determine polybrominated diphenyl ethers in aqueous samples using liquid-liquid
extraction and gas chromatography with electron capture detection (LLE-GC-μECD). This method, due to its
simplicity, low limits of determination (7-9 pg/L), high accuracy, relatively low costs, and high recovery coefficients
for all of these PBDEs (86-92%), offers enormous benefits for routine analyses of PBDEs. The developed
method was applied to surface water samples collected from different sampling points in western
Pomerania.
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