“…Several methods have been reported for extraction and preconcentration of samples for the determination of THMs, such as liquid-liquid extraction with n-pentane or n-hexane(LLE) 9-13 headspace (HS) techniques as static methods (HS-GC), 10,[13][14][15][16][17] and dynamic headspace purge and trap, 10,13,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] solid phase extraction (SPE) 26 and solid phase microextraction (SPME), which has been widely used for the determination of these analytes using headspace (HS-SPME). 23,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] Apart from the techniques of preparation and concentration of samples, these volatile compounds are separated by gas chromatography using capillary columns of medium polarity, followed by electron capture detector (ECD), micro-electron capture (μ-ECD), 34 mass detector (MSD) or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). 37 The HS-SPME has great advantages such as sample extraction and preconcentration as its implementation is fast, simple, provides high sensitivity, is free of organic solvents and reusable and does not require great expense.…”