The Marine Science Center at the University of Basrah organized a course on the micro solid phase extraction technique, improving extraction efficiency and its environmental applications

The course, which was lectured by Dr. Bassam Ashour Rashid from the Department of Chemistry and Marine Pollution, included an overview of this technique and its benefits in various fields, including environmental applications through the use of fibers coated with an extraction phase, capable of extracting compounds from environmental samples, such as water, soil and air.

The fibers used can be liquid (polymer) or solid (absorbent), and their efficiency depends on the physical and chemical properties of the extracted compounds.

The main goal of using this technique

is to improve the efficiency of extraction and concentration processes for polluting or beneficial compounds in environmental samples, in order to achieve:

Accurate analysis: selectively and accurately extract and concentrate important compounds.

- Reducing pollution: reducing the use of chemical solvents that may cause additional pollution.

- Ease and speed of use: simplifying and accelerating the process of taking samples and analyzing them.

- Save time and cost: Reduce the time and costs associated with traditional environmental analysis processes.

Applications of this technology include analysis of organic pollutants in water, estimation of pollutant levels in soil, and study of volatile organic compounds in the air.

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