文摘
The purpose of this study was to investigate if near-infraredreflectance (near-IR) spectroscopy andchemometric methods can be used as a rapid and simple procedure topredict the leachability ofpesticides from soil samples. The intention was to replace theoften tedious determination of anumber of chemical and physical parameters used to characterize soils.For selection of calibrationsamples, near-IR spectra were obtained for 76 different agriculturalsoil samples. Principalcomponent analysis of the spectra was used to select a subset of 20samples which were fortifiedwith six pesticides. Extraction was performed with supercriticalfluid extraction (SFE) or solidphase microextraction (SPME). Partial least-squares regression ofthe near-IR data could predict76% and 77% of the matrix-analyte interactions found by the SFE andSPME methods, respectively.The results clearly indicate that near-IR can be used tocharacterize soils for the prediction of theleachability of pesticides.Keywords: Predicting leachability; soil; pesticides; supercritical fluids;solid phase microextraction;near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy; multivariateanalysis