Selective Concentration and Determination of Phenol and Chlorophenols by Solid Phase Extraction

This study employs the variety of mixtures of XAD resin and active carbons as concentration base for solid phase extraction (SPE) which has been widely used to preconcentrate and purify phenol and chlorophenols in determination of environmental water samples. In this study, we employed variety of mixtures of copolymer based XAD-4 resin with active carbons. This cartridges shows advantages of both materials, such as better affinity to phenol by active carbon and better mechanical stabilities from XAD resin. The better enrichment factor, pretreatment time, recoveries and limit of detection (LOD) were achieved by the attempts to pack precolumns with both meterials for preconcentration.