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Analysis of Phenol in Cigarette Filter Tar Using QuEChERS Sample Preparation and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/UV Detection System
Corresponding Author(s) : A. Demirci
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 12 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 12
Abstract
QuEChERS sample preparation was used for determination of phenol in cigarette filter tar. The method involved extraction with acetonitrile followed by solid-phase extraction cleanup with XAD-4 sorbent and the analyse was carried out with a HPLC-UV equipment. The method was validated using cigarette filter tar spiked at 30-125 μg cigarette-1 and the recovery by the method varied from 83 % to 120 % with RSD < 15 %. The method showed good linearity (r2 = 0.9989) and the LOD was 2.17 μg cigarette-1. The amount of phenol found in the filter tar of the three brands of cigarettes were 13.02, 10.23 and 6.08 μg cigarette-1, respectively.
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