Nowadays the great stress is put on environment protection and the activities to minimize the effect of chemical analyses on the environment are discussed. When environmentally friendly methodologies of analytes determination are applied the term "green analytical chemistry" is used. In general, the determination of organic compounds in complex matrices, which is a frequent analytical task, requires separation of sample components and often analytes enrichment. The latter has often been regarded as responsible for environment damaging effects to a higher degree, and this aspect of analysis was emphasized and characteristics of the particular techniques reviewed. Methodologies to determine low molecular organic acids in a variety of sample compositions are comprehensively described and compared with respect to environmental impact and results quality. The trends to make the sample treatment as well as separation increasingly green have been inferred and supported by personal experience and literature evidence.
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- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2011
