General description of SPME
principle:
1. phase transfer of analyte from either aqueous sample W or air phase to
sorbent fiber P; pre-concentration of analyte in P according to partition equilibrium:

2. Thermal desorption of analyte from sorbent P into inlet of gas-chromatography
system
advantages:
- rather quick and simple
- no use of organic solvent
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disadvantages:
- extraction efficiency of SPME procedure has to be determined
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