TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Meißner, K. A1 - Sobottka, S. T1 - Sorption effects interfering with the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in aqueous samples JF - Talanta N2 - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are severe environmental pollutants that are analyzed frequently. The risk assessment of PAH impact to groundwater can be performed using leaching tests. Therby a liquid–solid separation step including centrifugation may be required, which in turn might lead to loss of analytes due to sorption on the equipment. Thus we determined the PAH recoveries from various container materials (polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polytetraflourethylene (PTFE), stainless steel (ES), and perflouroalkoxy (PFA)) and compared them to selected PAH properties. We found the best recoveries for PFA (68%) and PTFE (65%) containers. We found good negative correlations (-0.93 and better) between PAH recovery and log partition coefficient organic carbon–water (log KOC) for PFA, PTFE, and ES containers. KW - PAH recoveries KW - Sorption KW - Plastic surfaces KW - Centrifuge containers PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2014.01.038 SN - 0039-9140 VL - 122 SP - 151 EP - 156 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-31383 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -