Abstract
A study was conducted to demonstrate the potential use of selected F‐PAHs, 1‐fluoronaphthalene (F‐Np), 1‐fluoropyrene (F‐Py), and 9‐fluorobenzo(k)fluoranthene (F‐BkF1), as surrogate standards (SSs) in the analysis of PAHs in surface and sediment samples from the Danube River, Hungary. An accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) process followed by a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique was applied. Recoveries of selected F‐PAHs and corresponding PAHs were generally good and similar within experimental errors. However, recovery of F‐Np in surface water was poor (29.2%), and F‐Py could not be extracted from sediment samples. The results indicate that only F‐Py and F‐BkFl were suitable SSs for surface water samples while F‐Np and F‐BkFl showed potential as SSs for sediments.