Development and application of microwave assisted extraction (MAE) for the extraction of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment samples in Johannesburg area, South Africa

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 5537-5550

  Sibiya, Precious ^a   Chimuka, Luke ^a   Cukrowska, Ewa ^a   Tutu, Hlanganani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Greater Johannesburg area; Microwave assisted extraction; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediments; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; JOHANNESBURG; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION; PERCENTAGE RECOVERY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REFERENCE METHOD; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

DICHLOROMETHANE; EXTRACTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACETONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ACETONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; PAH;

ARTICLE; BATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIVER; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROWAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GAUTENG; HARTBEESPOORT DAM; JOHANNESBURG; JUKSKEI RIVER; NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84878694651     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2965-6     Document Type: Article

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