Extraction and Determination of Three Chlorophenols by Hollow Fiber Liquid Phase Microextraction - Spectrophotometric Analysis, and Evaluation Procedures Using Mean Centering of Ratio Spectra Method

A method termed hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) was utilized to extract three chlorophenols, 2-chlorophenol (2-CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP), separately from water. The extracted chlorophenols were then separated, identified, and quantified by UV-Vis spectrophotometry with photodiode array detection (UV-Vis/DAD). In the study, experimental conditions such as organic phase identity, acceptor phase volume, sample agitation, extraction time, acceptor phase NaOH concentration, donor phase HCl concentration, salt addition, and UV absorption wavelength were optimized. The statistical parameters of the proposed method were investigated under the selected conditions. The analytical characteristics of the method such as detection limit, accuracy, precision, relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) and relative standard error (R.S.E.) were calculated. The results showed that the proposed method is simple, rapid, accurate and precise for the analysis of ternary mixtures.