Electromembrane Extraction of Tetracycline in Environmental Water Using Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid Reverse Micelle
A hydrophobic ionic liquid reverse micelle electromembrane extraction (IL-RM-EME) method based on 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([Bmim][NTf2]) and 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([C10mim][NTf2]) was developed for pretreatment of tetracycline (TC) in environmental water samples in this work. The experimental results indicated that the type of supported liquid membrane (SLM),membrane pore size,voltage,pH of donor/acceptor phase solution and salt content had great influences on the extraction efficiency of tetracycline. Under the optimal conditions of single factors,including using[Bmim][NTf2]ionic liquid SLM components,PC membrane with pore size of 5μm,30 V of voltage,donor phase at pH 2.5,acceptor phase at pH 7.5,and none salt added,the best extraction efficiency of IL-RM-EME to TC of 77.8% was obtained. This extraction efficiency was much higher than that of neutral (Tween 85-isopropyl alcohol-n-hexane) reverse micelle membrane system (41.4%). Compared with traditional sample pretreatment method,the proposed method had many advantages such as simple operation,less environmental pollution,less reagent consumption and low cost. Moreover,the proposed method showed a good application prospect in detection of environmental organic pollutants.