The Separation of Chlorobenzene Compounds from Environmental Water Using a Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Chitosan Membrane

Abstract

In this work, a magnetic molecularly imprinted chitosan membrane (MMICM) was synthesized for the extraction of chlorobenzene compounds in environmental water using the membrane separation method. The optimal extraction amount for chlorobenzene (9.64 mg·L−1) was found to be a 1:2 solid to liquid ratio, with a 20 min extraction time and 35 °C extraction temperature. This method proved to be successfully applied for the separation and trace quantification of chlorobenzene compounds in environmental water, with the limit of detection (LOD) (0.0016–0.057 ng·L−1), limit of quantification (LOQ) (0.0026–0.098 ng·L−1), and the recoveries ranging (89.02–106.97%).

Keywords

• magnetic molecularly imprinted chitosan membrane
• membrane separation
• chlorobenzene compounds
• environmental water