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This study deals with an analysis of a mixture of five polyaromatic hydroca
rbons (PAHs) with the aim of avoiding any preliminary treatment of the samp
le such as extraction or concentration, which are time-consuming procedures
. To reach this goal we studied a direct multicomponent determination of th
e PAHs in mixture by applying principal-component analysis and principal-co
mponent regression techniques, which are briefly explained in this work. Af
ter a calibration procedure we were able to analyze each PAH of the mixture
by a simple and direct fluorescence measurement. Moreover, the quantitativ
e results obtained were assessed on some test samples. The results obtained
and the further developments of this study will be also discussed.