Abstract
AbstractThis study presents a time‐ and solvent‐saving method, pressurized liquid extraction (PLE), to extract polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediment samples. The effects of various operating parameters (i.e., extraction solution, temperature, pressure, static/dynamic extraction times) for the quantitative extraction of PBDEs by home‐made PLE were systematically investigated and optimized. The analytes were then identified and quantitated by gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) in selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode. The 16 PBDE congeners (from tri‐ to deca‐BDE) can be completely extracted by dichloromethane: n‐hexane (3/2, v/v) at 100 °C and 100 atm combined with 15 min static and then 15 min dynamic extraction steps. Recovery of PBDEs in spiked sediment samples ranged from 52 to 104% with 2‐16% RSD, except for BDE‐206. Limits of quantitation (LOQ) were established between 4 and 400 pg/g (dry weight) in 10 g of sediment sample. The extraction efficiency of the PLE was also compared with the traditional Soxhlet extraction method. The total contents of PBDEs ranged from 8.0 to 37.9 ng/g (dry weight) in various river and coastal sediment samples in Taiwan. Deca‐BDE (BDE‐209) was the major PBDE detected in these sediment samples.
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