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Accurate quantification of freely dissolved organochlorine pesticides in water in the presence of dissolved organic matter using triolein-embedded cellulose acetate membrane

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A novel method is described using triolein-embedded cellulose acetate membrane (TECAM) for accurate determination of the freely dissolved fraction of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in waters rich in dissolved organic matter (DOM). The performance of the method was tested with an air-bridge system for extracting OCPs from aqueous solutions with and without humic acid. In addition, the partition coefficients between humic acid and water (K docs) for 20 OCPs were determined by TECAM with negligible depletion extraction. Results show that TECAM predominantly extracts the freely dissolved compounds and its extraction efficiency decreases significantly with an increase in concentration of humic acid in water. The proposed methodology is suitable for facile laboratory K doc measurement for moderate to high hydrophobic compounds (log K ow > 4). The linear relationship between log K ow and log K doc obtained in this study agrees well with the results reported earlier. The kinetic uptake rate constants (k us) and TECAM–water partition coefficients (K TECAMs) for the 20 OCPs were obtained using the controlled laboratory continuous-flow and static exposure system, respectively. These calibration parameters were used in the field experiment to estimate the freely dissolved concentrations of OCPs in the water of Taihu Lake in China. Our results show that TECAM can be used successfully to determine the freely dissolved OCPs in aquatic environments containing DOM, and the method is particularly suited for long-term water sampling.

Schematic diagram of water sampling with a triolein-embedded cellulose acetate membrane (TECAM)

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The authors thank Dr. Jingfu Liu for valuable suggestions concerning preparation of the manuscript. This research is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB407301) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40590390, 20507019).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Runhui Ke, Zijian Wang & Shengbiao Huang

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, MSN 3E2, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4444, USA

    Shahamat U. Khan

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Ke, R., Wang, Z., Huang, S. et al. Accurate quantification of freely dissolved organochlorine pesticides in water in the presence of dissolved organic matter using triolein-embedded cellulose acetate membrane. Anal Bioanal Chem 387, 2871–2879 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1174-6

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