Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in soils from Southeastern Romania
Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in soils from Southeastern Romania
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DOI:
10.1016/j.microc.2011.08.006
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Spanos, Thomas
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作者:
Ene, Antoaneta;Bogdevich, Oleg;Spanos, Thomas
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used for the determination of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from seventeen areas in Southeast Romania, including sites placed in the vicinity of Galati iron and steel plant and Lower Prut Meadow natural reserve in Galati County. The total concentration of PAHs (TPAHs) in the investigated soils ranges from 0.003 mg/kg to 38.524 mg/kg dry weight. According to Romanian legislation for trace organic compounds in soils of different uses, the amounts of PAHs in soils from the industrial zone exceed the normal values for the majority of individual PAHs. The lowest concentrations were found in soils sampled from the protected area of Lower Prut Meadow natural reserve and the highest near a zootechnique farm in the Prut River basin, where the alert levels exceeded for the less sensitive area in the case of TPAHs and benzo[b]fluoranthene and for the sensitive area in the case of chrysene, benz[a]anthracene, benzo[k]fluoranthene and benzo[g,h,i]perylene. The sources of PAR contaminating soils are complex, being of both pyrogenic and petrogenic origins. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.