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Table 1 Analytical figures of merit for organochlorine pesticide analysis in previous studies of sediment matrices

From: Limit of detection and limit of quantification development procedures for organochlorine pesticides analysis in water and sediment matrices

Detection limit(ng/g)

Quantification limit(ng/g)

Recovery

Sample size (g)

Reference

Extraction method

Linearity μg/L

Analyze method

0.01–1.55

–

63–115

25

[22]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.01–0.08

–

83.7 ±3.1

15

[28]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.02–0.16 (ng/kg)

–

–

–

[29]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.02–0.04

–

90–110

20–25

[31]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.6–2.1

–

74–97.5

10

[30]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.01–0.05

–

94–97¤

15

[27]

SE1

–

GC-ECD

0.1–1

–

–

1

[37]

USE2

–

GC-ECD

0.1–0.2

0.2

72–121

20

[38]

USE2

–

GC-EI-MS

0.1

0.3

–

5

[39]

ASE3

0–250

GC-ECD

  1. 1) Soxhlet extraction, 2) Ultrasonic solvent extraction, 3) Accelerated solvent extraction.