Extraction of Soil using the SpeedExtractor E-916 for the Determination of Pesticides

contributed by Buchi | 11/10/2015

This application note describes a fast and reliable way to extract organochlorine pesticides (OCP) from soil with the SpeedExtractor E-916. After reducing the volume with the Syncore Analyst the extracts were cleaned by using Florisil. The cleaned extracts were concentrated again and quantified by GC-ECD.

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for, preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. There are three main types of pesticides: organochlorine, organophosphate and carbamates. OCP can cause severe health problems, are persistent and tend to bio-accumulate. Therefore the use of some OCP is banned by the Stockholm convention

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