文摘
We have developed a method for ultrasound-assisted ionic-liquid (IL) microextraction at elevated temperatures. A sealed pipette tip was used to hold the IL. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons naphthalene, acenaphthene and fluorene were headspace-extracted into a 30-μL volume of the IL at 60 °C. Cooling is not needed to control the temperature of the extraction solvent because it has almost zero vapor pressure. Following extraction, the analyte-loaded IL was submitted to HPLC with fluorescence detection. Under the optimal conditions, the limits of detection (at S/N?=?3) are 30, 30 and 10 ng L?1 for naphthalene, acenaphthene and fluorene, respectively. Recoveries range from 86 to 110 %, and the extraction efficiency is better than previous methods by a factor of ~40. The technique was applied to the analysis of semivolatile pollutants (PAHs) in real aqueous samples.