Comparison of two capillary electrophoresis online stacking modes by analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particulates.

Naphthalene, fluorene, pyrene, anthracene, phenanthrene, and chrysene were successfully separated by CD-modified MEKC (CD-MEKC) using 20 mM borate (pH 9.0) containing 90 mM SDS and 75 mM beta-CD. Two online stacking methods, i.

Comparison of traditional cloud-point extraction and on-line flow-injection cloud-point extraction with a chemiluminescence method using benzo[a]pyrene as a marker.

In this work, using benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) as marker, the analytical merits of on-line flow-injection cloud-point extraction (FI CPE), including preconcentration factor, extraction efficiency, sample throughput, and analysis time were evaluated by use of peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (CL) detection. Moreover, by detailed discussion of several preconcentration conditions for traditional and on-line FI CPE the advantages of on-line FI CPE became conspicuously apparent. When coupled with separation techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or capillary electrophoresis (CE), on-line FI CPE-CL has much potential for analysis of low concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in environmental samples.