| Volatile phenols,the toxic organic compounds,are listed as the environmental priority controlled pollutants.The content level of them has become one of the important indicators for environmental pollution evaluation.This review briefly states the chemical characteristics and geoenvironmental sources of volatile phenols,summarises the relevant domestic and international standard methods,concludes the research progress on application of sample pretreatment technologies(e.g.solvent extraction,distillation,solid phase extraction,solid phase microextraction,purge and trap) and analytical methods(e.g.4-amino antipyrine spectrophotometry,ultraviolet and fluorescence spectrophotometry,bromine method,gas chromatography,liquid chromatography,phenol biosensor method) in the analysis of volatile phenols in geoenvironmental samples.The future development trend about the analysis of volatile phenols is also prospected. The review provides a reference for the further study on analytical methods of volatile phenols and their environmental applications. |