method has been introduced as a preconcentration tool for the removal of the toxic metal
lead (Pb) in fresh and waste water samples prior to determination with flame atomic
absorption spectrometry. We developed a switchable polarity solvent (SPS) system, based
on 1, 8-diazabicyclo [5.4. 0] undec-7-ene and decanol, which was reversibly switched on
and off from heterogeneous biphasic nonpolar hydrophobic phase to homogeneous …