The paper describes application of various techniques to determine short-chain monocarboksylic acids (SCMAs) in samples from the successive steps from milk production: from wastewater from cattle farm to wastewater from dairy industry. Each technique of sample preparation is followed by gas chromatographic analysis.

Short-chain monocarobxylic acids, sometimes referred to as volatile fatty acids (VFA), are a group of low molecular weight alkyl monocarboxylic acids that are widely distributed within the environment. These molecules contain any from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and originate from the anaerobic biodegradation of organic matter such as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. These compounds are commonly found in the effluents from animal farming,...

Analysis of pollution is extremely important especially in areas directly adjacent tothe residential district. Studies show that short- chain carboxylic acids are a group ofcompounds widespread around sewage treatment plants, landfills, livestock farms. The mostcommon techniques for determination of short - chain carboxylic acids are chromatographictechniques, especially gas chromatography, whose main limitation is that only volatilemonocarboxylic...

A convenient approach to monitor the short-chain monocaroboksylic acids (SCAMs) in different samples is gas chromatography (GC) preceded by sample preparation based on solid-phase microextraction (SPME). The fiber with polar coatings were used to extract the SCAMs from headspace of liquid and solid samples. Recently polimeric ionic liquid (PIL) fiber coatings have been proposed to extract volatile organic compounds, minly polar...

Celem prowadzonych badań było opracowanie metodyki oznaczania krótkołańcuchowych kwasów alkanomonokarboksylowych (KKA), opartej na ich izolowaniu i wzbogacaniu za pomocą techniki HS-SPME, a następnie oznaczaniu za pomocą chromatografii gazowej sprzężonej ze spektrometrią mas (GC-MS). Do ekstrakcji zastosowano włókno pokryte polarną fazą stacjonarną opartą na glikolu polietylenowym (PEG). Dla celów porównawczych zastosowano również...