Fractionation of butyltin species during sample extraction and preparation for analysis

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2-1-1991

Abstract

Solvent extraction and evaporative concentration steps are often used in procedures for the measurement of butyltins in environmental samples. As part of a larger study utilizing radiolabeled butyltins, the loss and fractionation of butyltins during sample preparation was investigated. TBT, DBT, and MBT were extracted from acidified seawater by hexane with efficiencies of about 95-99, 50-60 and 11% respectively. In addition, losses of about 70% of DBT were found during evaporative concentration of hexane. A variety of sediment extraction procedures were tested and none were found to be highly efficient for total butyltin extraction. © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volume

16

Issue

2

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