Methods of assaying volatile oxygenated organic compounds in effluent samples by gas chromatography—A review

•Importance of volatile oxygenated organic compounds (O-VOC) analysis in effluents.•Comprehensive review on GC applications for the determination of O-VOC in effluents.•Discussion on advantages and issues of each alternative analytical protocols.•Current trends and novelties in research of wastewate...

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Published inJournal of Chromatography A Vol. 1592; pp. 143 - 160
Main Authors Makoś, Patrycja, Przyjazny, Andrzej, Boczkaj, Grzegorz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.05.2019
Subjects
Derivatization
Effluents
Extraction
Gas chromatography
Sample preparation
Volatile organic compounds
Volatile organic compounds
Gas chromatography
Extraction
Sample preparation
Derivatization
Effluents
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Summary:•Importance of volatile oxygenated organic compounds (O-VOC) analysis in effluents.•Comprehensive review on GC applications for the determination of O-VOC in effluents.•Discussion on advantages and issues of each alternative analytical protocols.•Current trends and novelties in research of wastewater samples. The paper is a review of the procedures for the determination of volatile and semivolatile oxygenated organic compounds (O-VOCs) in effluent samples by gas chromatography. Current trends and outlook for individual steps of the procedure for the determination of O-VOCs in effluents are discussed. The available sample preparation techniques and their limitations are described along with GC capillary columns used for O-VOCs separation and selective and universal detectors used for their determination. The results of determination of O-VOC content in various types of real effluents are presented. The lack of legal regulations regarding the presence of the majority of O-VOCs is pointed out as well as the availability of just a few procedures allowing a comprehensive evaluation of the O-VOC content in effluents.
ISSN:0021-9673
1873-3778
DOI:10.1016/j.chroma.2019.01.045