TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Christoph, Gabriele A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Berger, Wolfgang T1 - Comparison of stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) and liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in complex aqueous matrices JF - Talanta N2 - Stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) is an equilibrium extraction method used amongst others for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in aqueous samples. We compared SBSE to liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) for aqueous eluates obtained from batch and column tests of PAH contaminated soils to check whether SBSE might be considered as an alternative sample preparation method. We used soils with different particle size distribution, organic matter content, and resulting eluate turbidity to test the sample preparation methods on eluates with matrices of varying complexity. Furthermore, we studied the influence of diluted organic matter (DOM) on the PAH sorption process to the polymer coating of the stir bar during SBSE. In the majority of cases, we found higher PAH concentrations (up to 288%) with SBSE than with LLE. The turbidity correlates with the difference in PAH results, i.e. the greater the turbidity in the eluate, the more PAH we found with SBSE compared to LLE. We observed no similar trend regarding the amount of total organic carbon (TOC). The presence of DOM in the eluate seems to hamper the SBSE slightly, the PAH recovery varied between 82 and 104%. KW - Stir bar sorptive extraction KW - Liquid-liquid extraction KW - Leaching KW - Batch test KW - Column test KW - Complex aqueous matrix PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.06.035 SN - 0039-9140 VL - 85 IS - 3 SP - 1428 EP - 1434 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-24031 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -