The effects of the acidity of an aqueous solution, the time of moistening a
soil sample, and the time of ultrasonic desorption on the extraction of ph
enols from soils were studied. The optimum conditions were found. A procedu
re was developed for the gas-chromatographic determination of 0.05-50 mg/kg
of phenol and o- and p-cresols in soil with an error of 10-25%. The time o
f analysis was 40 min.