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LiChrolut® EN


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LiChrolut® EN is a mixed polarity copolymer, which provides both polar and non-polar interaction sites, hence it is perfectly suited for solid-phase extraction of mixed polar analytes. Thanks to its extremely high surface area of 1,200-1,400 m2/g, the sorbent is ideal for trace analysis of polar compounds. Furthermore, LiChrolut® EN delivers outstanding performance for applications at extreme pH conditions between pH 1 and 13.

Typical Applications

Analytes Environmental pollutants: Fungicides, herbicides, phenols, pesticides, parabens, hydrocarbons
Pharmaceuticals: Antibiotics, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, caffeine, drugs and their metabolites
Food & beverage: Dyes, essential oils, organic acids, fat/water soluble vitamins, steroids, phthalate esters, surfactants, theophylline
Matrix Mostly polar: aqueous buffer, serum, plasma, urine, beverages, environmental samples (waste/drinking water, soil)
Eluents Organic solvents: alcohols, acetonitrile, n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethyl acetate

Sample preparation of drinking water specimens

Anilines
pH 9 with NaOH
Explosives
pH 5.5-6.0
Solid-phase extraction LiChrolut® EN
200 mg, 3 mL
Pesticides
pH 5.5-6.0
Phenols
pH with 25 % HCl
3 mL ethyl acetate
3 mL methanol
3 mL water
3 mL methanol
3 mL water
Conditioning 3 mL methanol
3 mL water
3 mL ethyl acetate
9 mL water, pH 2
1000 mL sample within 2 h 1000 mL sample within 2 h Sample application 1000 mL sample within 2 h 1000 mL sample within 2 h
1 mL water Not required Washing 1 mL water 1 mL water, pH 2
1 min with nitrogen Not required Drying 10 min with nitrogen 5 min with nitrogen
2 x 1.5 mL methanol / acetonitrile / acetone (50/50/1) 2 x 1.5 mL acetontrile / methanol Elution 2 x 3 mL methanol / ethyl acetate 3 x 0.3 mL ethyl acetate

Pesticide recovery rates of samples of tap water (N = 10) containing the 33-multicomponent standard (c = 200 ng/l per pesticide)

Pesticide Pesticide recovery rate ± rsd (%)
1. Desisopropylatrazine
2. Metamitron
3. Chloridazon
4. Desethylatrazine
5. Crimidine
6. Carbetamide
7. Bromacil
8. Simazine
9. Cyanazine
10. Desethylterbutylazine
11. Karbutilate
12. Methabenzthiazuron
13. Chlortoluron
14. Atrazine
15. Monolinuron
16. Isoproturon
17. Diuron
18. Metobromuron
19. Metazachlor
20. Methoprotryne
21. Dimefuron
22. Sebutylazine
23. Propazine
24. Terbutylazine
25. Linuron
26. Chloroxuron
27. Prometryne
28. Chlorpropham
29. Terbutryne
30. Metolachlor
31. Pencycuron
32. Bifenox
33. Pendimethalin
100 ± 2.7
98 ± 1.4
96 ± 1.8
101 ± 2.6
86 ± 3.2
87 ± 3.8
103 ± 3.4
99 ± 1.7
100 ± 1.9
95 ± 2.2
82 ± 4.7
94 ± 2.4
100 ± 2.5
100 ± 3.8
98 ± 1.8
101 ± 3.8
102 ± 5.0
99 ± 3.2
108 ± 5.6
99 ± 3.8
100 ± 1.7
99 ± 1.7
102 ± 1.9
98 ± 1.5
97 ± 1.9
101 ± 1.1
95 ± 2.3
101 ± 2.8
96 ± 1.6
102 ± 1.5
91 ± 2.5
102 ± 4.1
98 ± 5.0
 
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