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Enrichment of pyrethroid residues in environmental waters using a multiwalled carbon nanotubes cartridge, and analysis in combination with high performance liquid chromatography

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A sensitive method was developed using new carbon nanomaterial, multiwalled carbon nanotubes, as solid phase extraction adsorbents followed by high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection for determination of six pyrethroid pesticides at trace level in environmental water samples. Parameters influencing the extraction efficiency were investigated in detail. Under the optimal conditions, detection limits of 0.7–5.0 ng L−1 were obtained for six pyrethroid pesticides, the linear ranges were between 0.1 and 40 μg L−1 and the precisions were in the range of 2.0–5.8%. The method has been applied to determine the six target compounds in tap water, well water, river water and reservoir water. Good recoveries were obtained for all target analytes and these results indicated that the method developed can be used in the determination of such compounds at trace levels in environmental water samples.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Hi-Tech Development Plan of 863 (2006AA06Z424), the Personal Innovation Foundation of Universities in Henan Province ([2005]126), the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (072300460010), the fund of Henan Normal University (No. 2006PL06), and the funds from the Henan Key Laboratory for environmental pollution control.

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  1. School of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Henan Normal University, Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control and Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huaihe River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Xinxiang, 453007, China

    Qingxiang Zhou, Weidong Wang, Yujie Ding & Huahua Bai

  2. Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huaihe River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Xinxiang, 453007, China

    Qingxiang Zhou, Yujie Ding & Huahua Bai

  3. College of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

    Guohong Xie

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Junping Xiao

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Zhou, Q., Xiao, J., Xie, G. et al. Enrichment of pyrethroid residues in environmental waters using a multiwalled carbon nanotubes cartridge, and analysis in combination with high performance liquid chromatography. Microchim Acta 164, 419–424 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-008-0077-3

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