Capability of SPME Technology for Dioxin Measurements in Air Phase

Dioxins are among aromatic compounds that at present arouse the most part of discussions as environment pollutants. In the present works from the French norm AFNOR, there is no simple way of sampling and analysis for gas emissions. Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) proves to be an adapted technology for dioxin sampling in gaseous phase due to its rapidity, reliability, and simplicity of material. In this study, a sample preparation method with a 100 w m polydimethylsiloxane fiber interfaced with a gas chromatography has been optimized for a monochlorinated dibenzo- p -dioxin: exposure of the fiber into the gaseous sample during 1 hr at 125°C. The partition coefficient fiber/matrix of the 1-monochlorinated dibenzo- p -dioxin has also been calculated versus temperature (K = 5.85 at 125°C).