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A cost-effective and low solvent consumption method, based on the matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) technique, for the determination of six benzotriazole UV absorbers in sediments is presented. Sieved samples (0.5 g) were first mixed in a mortar with a solid sorbent and then transferred to a polypropylene syringe containing a layer of clean-up co-sorbent. Analytes were eluted with a suitable solvent and further determined by gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Under final conditions, diatomaceous earth and silica, deactivated to 10%, were used as inert dispersant and clean-up co-sorbent, respectively. Analytes were recovered using just 5 mL of dichloromethane, and this extract was concentrated and exchanged to 1 mL of isooctane. Further removal of co-extracted sulphur was achieved adding activated copper powder to final extracts, which were stored overnight, before injection in the GC-MS/MS system. The accuracy of the method was assessed with river and marine sediment samples showing different carbon contents and spiked at different concentrations in the range from 40 to 500 ng g−1. Recoveries varied between 78% and 110% with associated standard deviations below 14%. The limits of quantification of the method stayed between 3 and 15 ng g−1. Levels of target compounds in sediment samples ranged from not detected up to a maximum of 56 ng g−1 for Tinuvin 328.
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This study has been supported by the Xunta de Galicia, Spanish Government and E.U. FEDER funds (projects PGIDIT08MDS008CT and CTQ2009-08377). I.C. and M.R. thank their FPU and Isidro Parga Pondal contracts to the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Xunta de Galicia, respectively. We are also in debt with Prof. Ternes (BfG, Germany) for supplying some of the analysed sediment samples.
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Carpinteiro, I., Abuín, B., Ramil, M. et al. Matrix solid-phase dispersion followed by gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of benzotriazole UV absorbers in sediments. Anal Bioanal Chem 402, 519–527 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5386-4
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