Martino Fungi

TL;DR: The optimized SPE method has been successfully checked for the identification and quantitation of the selected herbicides in raw and drinking water samples, with quantitation limits as low as 0.01 microg L(-1), fully in agreement with the current legislation.

TL;DR: It is concluded that SPME is a reliable technique for the quantitative analysis of water samples containing triazine herbicides in concentrations around the European limit of 100 ng/l for individual pesticides in drinking water.

TL;DR: In this paper, a solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled with a liquid chromatographic procedure with fluorimetric detection was established for the determination of PAHs, priority pollutants listed by EPA (acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, pyrene), in waters intended for human consumption.

TL;DR: The usual difficulties encountered during traditional cation-exchange separations have been overcome by tuning the selectivity of the separation by the introduction of 18-crown-6 ether in the mobile phase using an IonPac CS12A column.

TL;DR: In this article, seven biochars obtained from pyrolysis or gasification of different vegetal feedstocks were thoroughly characterized in comparison with three commercial activated carbons (ACs) routinely used in drinking water treatment plants.