Extraction of a Full Suite of Semivolatile Compounds from Drinking Water using Automated Solid Phase Extraction

Countries around the world have put regulations in place to monitor drinking water quality for a wide range of hazardous compounds, for example EPA Method 525.2. This application note details a study in which the SPE-DEX^® 5000 was used to extract the EPA Method 525.2 analytes from six prepared water samples. It was found that the SPE-DEX^® 5000 system provided uniform performance and a hands-off approach to the extraction step and gave high reproducibility and precision, demonstrating the utility of solid phase extraction.