Development, comparison and application of sorbent-assisted accelerated solvent extraction, microwave-assisted extraction and ultrasonic-assisted extraction for the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments.

Abstract Fast and selective analytical methods were developed based on sorbent-assisted mechanism and microwave-assisted extraction (SA-MAE), accelerate solvent extraction (SA-ASE) and ultrasonic-assisted extraction (SA-UAE) for the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediments. The experimental parameters, such as extraction conditions and sorbent amounts, were optimized according to Taguchi Orthogonal Arrays. The accuracy of developed SA-methods was a satisfactory ranging from 71% to 118%. The inter/intra-day RSDs were