O. Berdeaux et al., SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION OF SULFONYLUREA HERBICIDES IN SOIL SAMPLES, International journal of environmental analytical chemistry, 56(2), 1994, pp. 109-117
The application of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) with supercrit
ical CO2 to the analysis of 2 sulfonylurea herbicides in 4 soils is pr
esented. Methanol and water are added to the soil samples as modifiers
. After extraction, Chlorsulfuron and Metsulfuron methyl are measured
by HPLC-UV at 220 nm. The recovery rates are good (>80%) for all types
of the studied soils except for those with high organic carbon conten
t (ca. 50%). According to the characteristics of the soils, recovery w
ith SFE is similar or better than with liquid-solid extraction.