Journal
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 180, Issue 7-8, Pages 703-710Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-013-0971-1
Keywords
Atrazine; Degradation products; Microporous mineral; Hindered molecular diffusion; Microwave-assisted extraction; Ultra-HPLC/MS/MS
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41073079, 41121063]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [Y234081001]
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We have evaluated three methods for the extraction of atrazine and six of its degradation products from microporous mineral sorbents. Soxhlet extraction and ultrasonic extraction, which work well on soils and sediments, recover only < 15 % of the atrazine from a dealuminated Y zeolite. Closed-vessel microwave-assisted extraction, in contrast, gives much better recoveries. This is attributed to the accelerated mass transfer at elevated temperatures and the displacement by the solvent forced into the mineral micropores under elevated pressures. Under the optimized conditions, the recovery of atrazine from the hydrophilic Y zeolites (Si/Al ratios < 8) is almost quantitative, and similar to 77 % for the more hydrophobic ones. The extraction efficiencies for the degradation products of atrazine in the hydrophilic zeolites (74.1-100 %) are also higher than those in the hydrophobic ones (22.3-44.2 %). The extracted compounds were quantified by a combination of ultra-HPLC and tandem MS and resulted in detection limits between 0.04 and 1.41 mg kg(-1) on a hydrophilic Y zeolite (Si/Al = 2.55), and of 0.09-2.35 mg kg(-1) on a hydrophobic zeolite (Si/Al = 15). The method was applied to study the degradation of atrazine sorbed on dealuminated Y zeolites.
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