An ultrasound-assisted extraction procedure for the determination of banned azo dyes in leather
The potential risk for consumers to be exposed to banned azo dyes in leather is strong motivation for the development of an analytical test procedure with improved accuracy. The currently most accepted analytical procedure for this application, the German standard DIN 53316 method, suffers from major drawbacks including low accuracy and the usage of hazardous organic solvents. As a consequence, an
