Research Article

Carbonized Aramid Fiber as the Adsorbent for In-Tube Solid-Phase Microextraction to Detect Estrogens in Water Samples

Table 4

Analytical results and recoveries of five estrogens in two real samples.

AnalytesBisphenol AEthynylestradiolDiethylstilbestrolHexestrolEstrone

Water in the PC bottle (μg/L)8.3 ± 0.2Not detectedNot detectedNot detectedNot detected
Recovery (5 μg/L, %)113.9 ± 7.0100.4 ± 1.689.3 ± 2.2119.0 ± 4.0121.1 ± 3.1
Recovery (10 μg/L, %)84.3 ± 1.675.0 ± 1.789.7 ± 0.7108.6 ± 5.5120.3 ± 8.1
Tap water (μg/L)Not detectedNot detectedNot detectedNot detectedNot detected
Recovery (5 μg/L, %)112.2 ± 4.089.4 ± 0.286.6 ± 1.6120.7 ± 1.5102.4 ± 2.0
Recovery (10 μg/L, %)87.7 ± 5.376.4 ± 0.674.6 ± 0.8107.8 ± 1.987.5 ± 1.6