M. Pineiro-iglesias et al., Comparison between Soxhlet, ultrasonic and microwave assisted extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from atmospheric particulate matter, FR ENV BULL, 9(1-2), 2000, pp. 17-22
Microwave assisted extraction (MAE) of native and spiked polycyclic aromati
c hydrocarbons (PAHs) from atmospheric particulate matter and a standard re
ference material, SRM 1648 "Urban particulate matter", has been compared wi
th Soxhlet and ultrasonic extraction. Results indicated that these techniqu
es gave satisfactory results for extraction of PAHs from real atmospheric p
articulate samples and SRM 1648.