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Extraction of Phenol from Water using Dispersive Liquid-liquid Microextraction Coupled with UV-VIS Spectroscopy

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Phenols are widely used in industry as part of the ingredients in disinfectant, antiseptic and household cleaning products. An increased usage of phenol has caused an increase in its content in water sources and at the same time brings negative effect to the environment. This paper reported an approach consisting of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) combined with UV-Vis spectrophotometric detection at 280 nm in order to extract phenol in water samples. Some difficulties were reported in the formation of a double layer for separation between the dispersive and extraction solvent which is important to ensure the successful DLLME application and the high percent recovery of the extracted phenol. Therefore, our research interest focused on the effect of dispersive and extraction solvents by using different solvent characteristics for phenol extraction from real water. The optimum conditions, i.e., extraction solvent (1-dodecanol) volume of 2 mL and dispersive solvent (dimethyl sulfoxide) volume of 2.5 mL, were determined using response surface methodology. DLLME-UV-Vis is a suitable method for phenol extraction because it is simple, fast, low cost and produces high percentage recovery of phenol.

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We would like to express our gratitude to the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FRGS/1/2018/STG01/UKM/02/23.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohammad Fauzan bin Mhd Himmi, Beh Shiuan Yih & Noorashikin Md Saleh

  2. Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Farhanini Yusoff

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Himmi, M.F., Yih, B.S., Yusoff, F. et al. Extraction of Phenol from Water using Dispersive Liquid-liquid Microextraction Coupled with UV-VIS Spectroscopy. J Anal Chem 77, 8–17 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061934822010051

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